frightful
/ˈfɹaɪtfəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Frightfully; very.
Example Sentences
- "Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,"
- "See how the frightful herds run from the wood."
- "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."
- "You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are."
- "It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him."
- "But we ain't found a soul what knows you, honey-love, I am so frightful sorry to say."
Etymology
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtfull (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright + -ful.