frightful
adjective
such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming.
frightfulness
-
a word derived from
frightful.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The official German policy against civilians was described as Schrecklichkeit — frightfulness.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
But “Home” is a tonic for the mind, a lovely, lyrical distraction from the frightfulness of the news that had me looking at my surroundings more tenderly when I returned home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
Without nosing it as a universal occurrence, Playwright Hughes reveals one dramatic consequence of this interracial situation in its full frightfulness.
From Time Magazine Archive
They fix the attention on beauty and then suggest the frightfulness within.
From Time Magazine Archive
Never was a policy of industrial frightfulness more diabolically conceived or more rigorously executed than that of the Cambria Steel Company.
From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster
