Frightful vs Redoubtable - What's the difference?
frightful | redoubtable | 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)
Eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.
Frightful is a related term of redoubtable.
As adjectives the difference between frightful and redoubtable
is that frightful is (obsolete): full of fright; affrighted; frightened while redoubtable is eliciting respect or fear; imposing; awe-inspiring.frightful
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* frightfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.
Synonyms
* terrible * dreadful * alarming * fearful * terrific * awful * horrid * horrible * shockingredoubtable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The redoubtable New York Times has been called the "newspaper of record" of the United States.