Frightful

[adj] provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
[adj] extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst"
[adj] (informal) extreme in degree; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

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Synonyms

alarming, atrocious, bad, extraordinary, fearful, horrible, horrifying, terrible, ugly

Related Terms

abhorrent, abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, awing, chilling, daunting, deadly, deterrent, deterring, disagreeable, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, dreadful, fearful, fear-inspiring, fearsome, forbiddin