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frightful ADJ

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These works deal with the marvelous, the rough, the frightful and the beautiful as seen through the eyes of one born of these regions. en.wikipedia.org

In 1725, a great, frightful storm struck the region. en.wikipedia.org

However, when "kia" is spoken in original high tone, and "lng" rendered in low tone (written "kia--lng"), it means frightful. en.wikipedia.org

By the end of the occupation their name was synonymous with arbitrary violence and frightful cruelty. en.wikipedia.org

The fruitful region was covered with villages till the frightful devastation in the 18th century; and even now it is, comparatively speaking, well cultivated. en.wikipedia.org

Her appearance becomes so frightful that some even consider her a witch. en.wikipedia.org

It also included statues, frightful paintings and a locked portfolio, bound in tanned human skin. en.wikipedia.org

It is not only his face that is hideous, but his whole person is frightful and deformed. en.wikipedia.org

An amnesia-stricken ghost is haunting her, delivering a frightful warning: someone lives and someone dies. en.wikipedia.org

The balloon did not collapse, but closed up at the sides, and, swaying from side to side, descended with frightful velocity. en.wikipedia.org

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