Obnoxious vs Frightful - What's the difference?
obnoxious | frightful | Related terms |
Extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible.
(archaic) exposed to harm or injury.
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(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)
Obnoxious is a related term of frightful.
As adjectives the difference between obnoxious and frightful
is that obnoxious is extremely unpleasant, offensive, very annoying, odious or contemptible while frightful is (obsolete): full of fright; affrighted; frightened.obnoxious
English
Alternative forms
* obnoctious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
- Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.
- To begin then with his Experiment of the burning Wood, it seems to me to be obnoxious to not a few considerable Exceptions.
frightful
English
(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* frightfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- We wasted a frightful amount of money on renovations.
