Frightfully

/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/

Synonyms for "frightfully" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Adverb(3 words)

awfully terribly awful

abominably agonizingly alarmingly amazingly appallingly astoundingly awfully baldly balefully bitterly blatantly brashly confoundedly cruelly damnably

Strong matches (26)

Related words (44)

horribly horridly horrifically horrifyingly improperly inexcusably infernally inordinately intolerably lamentably loathsomely miserably nakedly offensively openly painfully piteously repugnantly repulsively revoltingly

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sadly shatteringly shockinglysomething awfulsomething fiercesorely staggeringly startlingly surprisingly terribly terrifically torturously tremendously unashamedly unbearably unconscionably unduly unpardonably very woefully

Adverb(4 words)

horrifically hugely scarily terrifyingly

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8 entries

alarming awfully extremely fear-inducing hugely menacing terribly terrorizing

Collocations

5 entries

frightfully closefrightfully difficultfrightfully expensivefrightfully goodfrightfully loud

Derivations

2 entries

frightful frightfulness

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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I'm frightfully chilly.

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It is frightfully expensive.

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Tom was frightfully murdered during the last days of the war.

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It all went frightfully quickly.

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