frightful
adjective
such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming.
frightfulness
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a word derived from
frightful.
Example Sentences
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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
Yet the President had not told the people he was aghast at this "barbarous" recourse to "frightfulness" until April 21.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was steeped in the doctrine of "frightfulness", but in the present instance there were limits.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
