frightfulnessn.

Brit.

/ˈfrʌɪtf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S.

/ˈfraɪtf(ə)lnəs/

Etymology: < frightful adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or state of being frightful.

1. The state of being filled with fright.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of

frightiheada1325

fearedness1340

effraying1489

fearfulnessa1513

frayedness1530

frightment1607

frightfulness1621

dauntedness1660

afraidness1669

funkiness1859

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 401 Her face sad, and perplexed, shewing frightfulnesse so perfectly.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 453 Expresse a frightfulnesse and amazed suspition of the approach of an enemie.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ix. 333 Is Wormwood good for frightfulness?

a. The quality of causing fright; hideousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun]

horribility13..

grisliness1340

gastfulness1398

horribleness1398

grisliheada1400

hidoustyc1420

hidour1422

ugliness1587

ghastliness1591

horridnessa1631

horriditya1641

frightfulness1713

gruesomeness1886

macabrec1920

1713 R. Nelson Life Bp. Bull Introd. (1840) 7 All this serveth chiefly to cover the frightfulness of mortality.

b. Used during the war of 1914–18 to render German Schrecklichkeit (see Schrecklichkeit n.), implying a deliberate policy of terrorizing the enemy (esp. non-combatants) as a military resource. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > policies and theories

frightfulness1914

Schrecklichkeit1917

scorched earth1937

retreatism1942

1914 R. Brooke Let. 11 Nov. (1968) 632 Belgium is..the country where three civilians have been killed to every one soldier. That damnable policy of ‘frightfulness’ succeeded for a time.

1915 D. O. Barnett Let. in In Happy Memory 115 We are having a quiet time to-day, without any frightfulness for a change.

1915 P. Gibbs Soul of War 155 It was only when special orders for ‘frightfulness’ had been issued,..that the rank and file of the enemy's army committed its brutalities.

1924 J. S. C. Bridge Hist. France II. 119 Attributing to the French the deliberate pursuit of a policy of ‘frightfulness’.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 70 The impression persists..that his preference was for the methods of ‘frightfulness’. But if terrorisation was the besiegers' object, their sanguine hopes were doomed to condign disappointment.

1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. iii. 212 Ragnar attacked the smaller Frankish force..and took 111 prisoners. These as a deliberate exercise in ‘frightfulness’ he hanged..in full view of the second Frankish division.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frightfulness
释义	frightfulnessn. Brit. /ˈfrʌɪtf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈfraɪtf(ə)lnəs/ Etymology: < frightful adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or state of being frightful. 1. The state of being filled with fright. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of frightiheada1325 fearedness1340 effraying1489 fearfulnessa1513 frayedness1530 frightment1607 frightfulness1621 dauntedness1660 afraidness1669 funkiness1859 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 401 Her face sad, and perplexed, shewing frightfulnesse so perfectly. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 453 Expresse a frightfulnesse and amazed suspition of the approach of an enemie. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician ix. 333 Is Wormwood good for frightfulness? 2. a. The quality of causing fright; hideousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [noun] horribility13.. grisliness1340 gastfulness1398 horribleness1398 grisliheada1400 hidoustyc1420 hidour1422 ugliness1587 ghastliness1591 horridnessa1631 horriditya1641 frightfulness1713 gruesomeness1886 macabrec1920 1713 R. Nelson Life Bp. Bull Introd. (1840) 7 All this serveth chiefly to cover the frightfulness of mortality. b. Used during the war of 1914–18 to render German Schrecklichkeit (see Schrecklichkeit n.), implying a deliberate policy of terrorizing the enemy (esp. non-combatants) as a military resource. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > policies and theories frightfulness1914 Schrecklichkeit1917 scorched earth1937 retreatism1942 1914 R. Brooke Let. 11 Nov. (1968) 632 Belgium is..the country where three civilians have been killed to every one soldier. That damnable policy of ‘frightfulness’ succeeded for a time. 1915 D. O. Barnett Let. in In Happy Memory 115 We are having a quiet time to-day, without any frightfulness for a change. 1915 P. Gibbs Soul of War 155 It was only when special orders for ‘frightfulness’ had been issued,..that the rank and file of the enemy's army committed its brutalities. 1924 J. S. C. Bridge Hist. France II. 119 Attributing to the French the deliberate pursuit of a policy of ‘frightfulness’. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 70 The impression persists..that his preference was for the methods of ‘frightfulness’. But if terrorisation was the besiegers' object, their sanguine hopes were doomed to condign disappointment. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings iii. iii. 212 Ragnar attacked the smaller Frankish force..and took 111 prisoners. These as a deliberate exercise in ‘frightfulness’ he hanged..in full view of the second Frankish division. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621
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