Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Frightful

Frightful , adjective

1.
Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. [Obsolete]
See how the frightful herds run from the wood. — W. Browne
2.
Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance.