frightful

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
发音 frīt′fəl

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Full of fright, whether; Afraid, frightened. obsolete
    — Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,
  2. Full of fright, whether; Timid, fearful, easily frightened. obsolete
    — See how the frightful herds run from the wood.
  3. Full of something causing fright, whether; Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
  4. Full of something causing fright, whether; Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier). excessive
    — Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days? Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it. Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.
副词 adv.
  1. Frightfully; very. dialectal
    — You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are.

词形变化

more frightful comparative most frightful superlative frightfull alternative more frightful comparative most frightful superlative frightfull alternative

词汇关系

近义词
frightening bad
衍生词
frightfully frightfulness unfrightful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful.
词源 2
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful.
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