Frightful vs Distressing - What's the difference?
frightful | distressing | Related terms |
(obsolete): Full of fright; affrighted; frightened.
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Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.
(Used as an intensifier)
Frightful is a related term of distressing.
As adjectives the difference between frightful and distressing
is that frightful is (obsolete): full of fright; affrighted; frightened while distressing is causing distress; upsetting.As a verb distressing is
.frightful
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* frightfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.