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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a frightful" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes fear or is extremely unpleasant.
Example: "The storm last night was a frightful experience, with howling winds and torrential rain."
Alternatives: "a terrifying" or "an alarming".
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"Guruji had a frightful personality," Iyengar wrote.
We're not a frightful people.
There followed a frightful beating.
Onions and a frightful stew.
This was a frightful ordeal.
It was, he said, "a frightful dump".
It really is a frightful business.
Such a frightful vision could not be left unchallenged.
This has put Shariatmadari in a frightful predicament".
It describes a frightful dream that reveals someone's death.
She tore him off a frightful strip – then left.
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