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Synonyms for frightful

The synonym for frightful recorded in this bank is terrible, in the sense "extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for frightful

  • terribleadjective, in the sense "extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and frightful carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact

In a frightful hurry.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

terrible

Same sentence, swapped: In a terrible hurry.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for frightful in the sentence quoted.

  • ugly
  • startling
  • chilling

Where frightful turns up in the game

frightful is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where frightful is the trap

  • disconcertingadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is upsetting, in the sense "causing an emotional disturbance", so frightful is there to be ruled out.
  • fearfuladjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is timorous, in the sense "timid by nature or revealing timidity", and frightful is on the board beside it.

Play frightful

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so frightful reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. frightful carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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