frightful
/ˈfɹaɪtfəl/ adjetivo C2En español: temible
- Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
- Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
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A second after, he saw it again, approaching with frightful rapidity.
That frightful cry turned the blood to ice in my veins.
Far away on the path we saw Sir Henry looking back, his face white in the moonlight, his hands raised in horror, glaring helplessly at the frightful thing which was hunting him down.
“It is quite frightful, but deeply interesting,” said the young lady, motionless with attention.
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