frightful

== English == === Alternative forms === frightfull (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === enPR: frīt′fəl, IPA(key): /ˈfɹaɪtfəl/ Hyphenation: fright‧ful === Adjective === frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful) (obsolete) Full of fright, whether Afraid, frightened. c. 1250, Genesis and Exodus, line 3459: Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,Quiles ðis daiȝes for ben gliden. Timid, fearful, easily frightened. Full of something causing fright, whether Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming. (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier). ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:frightening See Thesaurus:bad ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful) (dialect) Frightfully; very. === References === Webster's, "frightful", 1913. Oxford English Dictionary, "frightful, adj.", 1898. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === frigtful === Etymology === From Old English forhtful; equivalent to fright +‎ -ful. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfrixtˌful/ === Adjective === frightful (rare) afraid, frightened ==== Descendants ==== English: frightful ==== References ==== “frightful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.