Frightful vs Vile - What's the difference?
frightful | vile | 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)
morally low; base; despicable
Frightful is a related term of vile.
As adjectives the difference between frightful and vile
is that frightful is (obsolete): full of fright; affrighted; frightened while vile is morally low; base; despicable.frightful
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* frightfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.