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Definition of Frightfulness
1. Noun. The quality of being frightful.
Specialized synonyms: Ghastliness, Grimness, Gruesomeness, Luridness
Derivative terms: Frightful, Frightful
Definition of Frightfulness
1. n. The quality of being frightful.
Definition of Frightfulness
1. Noun. The quality of being frightful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frightfulness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frightfulness
Literary usage of Frightfulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
""frightfulness" was the word for the intensified submarine warfare, now to be
undertaken by Germany in an effort to starve Britain into making peace. ..."
2. Germanism from Within by Alexander Duncan Mclaren (1916)
"It was just because I knew that Germany was a land of philosophers that I was
not surprised at the " frightfulness." Many years' study of German history and ..."
3. The World in the Crucible: An Account of the Origins & Conduct of the Great War by Gilbert Parker (1915)
"The doctrine of frightfulness is not a new one, but its adoption by a civilized
nation as a settled policy is wholly new. In old days it was the normal ..."
4. War Book of the University of Wisconsin: Papers on the Causes and Issues of by University of Wisconsin (1918)
"Their essence is frightfulness. The German soldier, like the soldier of every
country represented at the Hague Conference of 1899, is supposed to receive ..."
5. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"frightfulness of these gigantic operations and over the burning Verdun will
reappear the bow which is stretched above the clouds as a sign of the covenant, ..."
6. The United States in the World War by John Bach McMaster (1918)
"... the German war zone proclamation went into effect and the campaign of
frightfulness on the sea opened at once. The Secretary of State, in his note, ..."
7. The Great War by George Henry Allen, Henry C. Whitehead, French Ensor Chadwick (1919)
"frightfulness on the sea. Methods of defense against submarines. Armed merchantmen.
From the beginning of hostilities the Great War, in its last analysis, ..."
8. Out of Their Own Mouths: Utterances of German Rulers, Statesmen, Savants by William Roscoe Thayer (1917)
"Professional frightfulness (Neutral ships should be intimidated into remaining
in their home ports, so that the British would be compelled to risk their own ..."
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