adjective
definition
Full of fright, whether
definition
Full of something causing fright, whether
adverb
definition
Frightfully; very.
Examples of frightful in a Sentence
Frightful executions in the island followed his fall.
The jobbing was frightful, and is probably inseparable from wholesale operations of this kind.
Dear and precious Friend, How terrible and frightful a thing is separation!
And he had only one wish-- that the frightful thing that had to happen should happen quickly.
It was this character of Sicily which led to its one frightful piece of local history.
So, as you may realize this was a very frightful event.
In 1084 the Seljuk Turks captured it but held it only fourteen years, yielding place to the crusaders, who besieged it for nine months, enduring frightful sufferings.
The comparatively limited spread of this frightful epidemic in Italy at this time is a most noteworthy fact.
Under such a system the most frightful excesses were possible and many cases of brutal cruelty were laid bare.
Again, by his restoration of the papal state, after the frightful era of the Borgias, Julius became the saviour of the papal power.
The Eastern warfare of the Good is stained by the frightful sack of Thessalonica; it is marked also by the formation of an Eastern state under Sicilian supremacy (1186).
The weather in Norfolk was frightful.
The ravages of the Sicilian Saracens in the Greek islands were more frightful than ever, and George Maniaces, the first captain of his time, was sent to win back the lost land.
They are black, with woolly hair, and in their eyes and countenances there is something quite frightful ....
When research in oceanography began, the conditions of the sea were of necessity observed only from the coast and from islands, the information derived from mariners as to the condition of parts of the sea far from land being for the most part mere anecdotes bearing on the marvellous or the frightful.
To this fact it owes its immunity from the forest fires which wreak frightful havoc among the surrounding forests.
It was during his papacy that the siege of Rome by Alaric (408) took place, when, according to a doubtful anecdote of Zosimus, the ravages of plague and famine were so frightful, and help seemed so far off, that papal permission was granted to sacrifice and pray to the heathen deities; the pope was, however, absent from Rome on a mission to Honorius at Ravenna at the time of the sack in 410.
Then with another frightful facial contortion he reimbedded the monocle.
The beds were all OK but the meals (extra) varied from good Cuban cooking to quite frightful, but we survived!
Defoe, in 1724 complained " that the Northern Road from London was perfectly frightful to travelers.
Murray, now that he hoves into the quad, looks frightful.
Eleanor, you take care of yourself too, sounds frightful.
It is overhung on the east and north by frightful crags, from which it is fed by a number of small rills.
Decius followed them, but a severe defeat near Beroe made it impossible to save Philippopolis, which fell into the hands of the Goths, who treated the conquered with frightful cruelty.
In Wales its counterpart was Gwyllgi, "the Dog of Darkness," a frightful apparition of a mastiff with baleful breath and blazing red eyes.
These worked themselves up, mainly by the use of frightful self-tortures, into a state of frenzy, in which they prophesied and cured diseases.
He certainly was a queer creature, yet Trot decided he was not at all frightful.
Maybe your goal is to spook the neighborhood with your frightful outfit or win the Costume of the Year award at a party.
When the frightful night of All Hollow's Eve rolls around, creepy Halloween makeup ideas for traditional ghouls are sure to help you create a bewitching and scary costume.
Pair you palette with an over the top, ratted nest hairstyle, and you have a frightful look that is both unique and creative.
When Halloween rolls around, black cat face painting helps capture the magic and mystery of the beloved frightful night.
If the weather outside is frightful, white snow pants for the girls will keep a young lady warm during hours of playing in the snow.
The park is transformed into a hauntingly frightful sight, with haunted rides, roaming zombies and special trick-or-treat options for the kids.
With a combination of frightful shows, scarier rides, and enough special events to keep everyone in your family entertained, it's a no-fail way to celebrate Halloween.
He also took on a different personality, usually one that was flailing and frightful.
Child fears a recurrence of the frightful dream and may resist a return to bed.
For many men, coloring gray hair can be a little frightful.
Halloween kids' game ideas can be simple, fun, and even frightful.
The image of a woman being attacked by birds is vivid but not frightful enough that you would lead your children away.
In this 1948 film, the classic comedy duo meet the famed monster and a cast of other frightful characters.
He.s alive but a frightful mess, and we haven.t been able to identify him.
This fruitful region, however, was covered with villages till the frightful devastations of the 18th century; and even now it is, comparatively speaking, well cultivated.
After causing the most frightful losses, it was at last stamped out by the resolute slaughter of all affected animals and of all that had been in contact with them.
It had been a time of frightful changes throughout Sicily, full of breaking up of old landmarks, of confusion of races, and of movements of inhabitants.
The effort to remedy the frightful corruption which had been fostered by the Hats and Caps engaged a considerable share of his time and he even found it necessary to put the whole of a supreme court of justice (Giita Hofratt) on its trial.
The king, who had shown him favour throughout and who had forbidden his being tortured, directed that he should be hanged till he was quite dead and that the usual frightful cruelties should be omitted.
Do you imagine that this anemic youth was capable of so frightful an assault?
The great blot on his memory is his cruelty, which at times was frightful, and showed itself in its full fierceness in the punishment of persons accused of witchcraft, soothsaying or magical practices.
Denison, archdeacon of Taunton, Lord Shaftesbury, and others formed a strong committee of protest, whilst Pusey declared that "the choice was the most frightful enormity ever perpetrated by a prime minister."
Not only had they risked and lost all in the attempt and drawn upon themselves the frightful vengeance of the state, but they saw themselves the means of injuring irretrievably the cause for which they felt such devotion.