frightful
adjective
1. provoking horror
- a frightful crime of decapitation
Similar word(s): alarming, atrocious, horrible, horrifying, ugly
2. extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
- in a frightful hurry
- spent a frightful amount of money
Similar word(s): extraordinary, awful, terrible, tremendous
3. extremely distressing
- a frightful mistake
Sentences with frightful as an adjective:
- We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.