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Disastrous vs Frightful - What's the difference?

disastrous | frightful | Related terms |

Disastrous is a related term of frightful.


As adjectives the difference between disastrous and frightful

is that disastrous is of the nature of a disaster; calamitous while frightful is (obsolete): full of fright; affrighted; frightened.

disastrous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
  • foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

    • Synonyms

    * (calamitous) cataclysmic, catastrophic * (ill-omened) ill-boding, , sinister

    Derived terms

    * disastrously

    frightful

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * frightfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete): Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
  • *
  • Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
  • (Used as an intensifier)
    • We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.

    Synonyms

    * terrible * dreadful * alarming * fearful * terrific * awful * horrid * horrible * shocking