frightful

[US]/'fraɪtfʊl/
[UK]/'fraɪtfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. nagdudulot ng matinding takot o teror; nakakatakot
adv. sa nakakatakot na paraan

Example Sentences

a frightful accident

Isang nakakatakot na aksidente

there's been a most frightful accident.

Nagkaroon ng isang kakila-kilabot na aksidente.

her hair was a frightful mess.

Ang kanyang buhok ay isang kaguluhan na nakakatakot.

she has frightful taste in literature.

Mayroon siyang nakakatakot na panlasa sa panitikan.

Ellen froze with terror at the frightful sight.

Nanlamig si Ellen sa takot sa nakakatakot na tanawin.

We're having frightful weather these days.

Nakakaranas kami ng nakakatakot na panahon ngayon.

How frightful to have a husband who snores!

Nakakatakot nga magkaroon ng asawang mahilig umungal!

"Due to the unremitting efforts of the leaders of the two countries, a frightful was disaster was avoided."

"Dahil sa walang tigil na pagsisikap ng mga lider ng dalawang bansa, naiwasan ang isang kakila-kilabot na sakuna."

He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

Mukha siyang maputla at ang kanyang mga damit ay nasa nakakatakot na kalagayan.

It was with the greatest difficulty that the boy gathered the strength to speak,but spoke with a frightful emphasis.

Sa pinakamalaking hirap, nakahanap ng lakas ang batang lalaki upang magsalita, ngunit nagsalita nang may nakakatakot na diin.

Real-world Examples

There also we encounter the hippopotamus and the still more frightful rhinoceros.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

I had been entrusted With the most frightful weapon ever devised.

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

Something frightful was about to descend on him.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

The frightful sight frightened the little girl into crying.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.

Source: New Concept English, British English Version, Book Two (Translation)

Minister, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is in a frightful state.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

Either they get into a frightful bate or they start blubbing.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

Then the man advanced and deliberately dealt him a frightful blow on the nose.

Source: The Call of the Wild

" It was frightful. I've never been more frightened in my life" .

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

With a frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 2

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