frightful

adj

1. (obsolete)Full of fright, whether

   “Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,”

2. (obsolete)Full of fright, whether

   “See how the frightful herds run from the wood.”

3. Full of something causing fright, whether
4. (excessive)Full of something causing fright, whether

   “Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days? Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it. Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.”

adv

1. (dialectal)Frightfully; very.

   “You had a lot of frightful good quotes. You must know half the books that there are.”

   “It's a frightful long time, and I don't get many letters from him.”

   “But we ain't found a soul what knows you, honey-love, I am so frightful sorry to say.”