different between disagreeable vs frightful
disagreeable
English
Etymology
From Old French desagraable (compare French désagréable). Surface etymology is dis- +? agreeable.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d?s????i.?b??]
Adjective
disagreeable (comparative more disagreeable, superlative most disagreeable)
- Causing repugnance; unpleasant to the feelings or senses; displeasing.
- (archaic) Not suitable; that does not conform or fit.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "disagreeable" is often applied: odor, smell, taste, sensation, thing, person, man, woman, duty, work, feeling, manner, experience, effect, feature, business, surprise, job.
Antonyms
- agreeable
Translations
Noun
disagreeable (plural disagreeables)
- Something or someone displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
- 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
- The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.
- 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
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frightful
English
Alternative forms
- frightfull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English frightful (“afraid”), from Old English forhtful (“fainthearted, timorous”). Equivalent to fright +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?t?f?l, IPA(key): /?f?a?tf?l/
- Hyphenation: fright?ful
Adjective
frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful)
- (obsolete) Full of fright, whether
- Afraid, frightened.
- c. 1250, Genesis and Exodus, line 3459:
- Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,
Quiles ðis dai?es for ben gliden.
- Ðis frigtful ðus a-biden,
- c. 1250, Genesis and Exodus, line 3459:
- Timid, fearful, easily frightened.
- Afraid, frightened.
- Full of something causing fright, whether
- Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
- (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, dreadful, awful (also used as an intensifier).
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:
- Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days?
Tim Stamper: God knows. If I had a dog like that, I'd shoot it.
Francis Urquhart: Well, yes. Quite.
- Francis Urquhart: What a frightful little man. Where do they find them these days?
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:frightening
- See Thesaurus:bad
Derived terms
- frightfully
Translations
Adverb
frightful (comparative more frightful, superlative most frightful)
- (dialect) Frightfully; very.
References
- Webster's, "frightful", 1913.
- Oxford English Dictionary, "frightful, adj.", 1898.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- frigtful
Etymology
From Old English forhtful; equivalent to fright +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?frixt?ful/
Adjective
frightful
- (rare) afraid, frightened
Descendants
- English: frightful
References
- “frightful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
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