frightful

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

Translation

adj. 大きな恐怖または恐れを引き起こす; 恐ろしい
adv. 恐ろしい方法で

Example Sentences

a frightful accident

恐ろしい事故。

there's been a most frightful accident.

非常に恐ろしい事故がありました。

her hair was a frightful mess.

彼女の髪はひどい乱れでした。

she has frightful taste in literature.

彼女は文学のセンスが恐ろしい。

Ellen froze with terror at the frightful sight.

エレンはその恐ろしい光景に恐怖で凍りついた。

We're having frightful weather these days.

最近、恐ろしい天気が続いています。

How frightful to have a husband who snores!

いびきをかく夫がいるなんて恐ろしい!

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

「二国の指導者たちの絶え間ない努力のおかげで、恐ろしい災害は回避されました。」

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

彼は青ざめて見え、服はひどい状態でした。

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

その少年は話す力を集めるのに非常に苦労したが、恐ろしい強調をもって話した。

Real-world Examples

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

そこでも、私たちはカバやさらに恐ろしいサイに出会います。

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

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

私は今まで考案された中で最も恐ろしい武器を託されていました。

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

Something frightful was about to descend on him.

何か恐ろしいものが彼に降りかかろうとしていました。

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

The frightful sight frightened the little girl into crying.

その恐ろしい光景は小さな女の子を泣かせました。

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

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

彼は青ざめて見え、服は恐ろしい状態でした。

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

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

大臣、外務・コモンウェルス省は恐ろしい状態です。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

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

彼らは恐ろしい興奮に陥るか、泣き始めるかのどちらかです。

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

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

それからその男は前に進み、故意に彼の鼻に恐ろしい一撃を与えました。

Source: The Call of the Wild

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

「それは恐ろしかった。私は今までで最も怖い思いをしたことがありません。」

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

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

彼は恐ろしい咆哮を上げて、一人の男を掴んで連れ去ります。

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 2

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