skrækkelig — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
- dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
- dreadfully adv Very badly or terribly.
Senses
skrækkelig is used for these senses in English:
- dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
- dreadfully In a dreadful manner; terribly.
dire — full definition
- adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
- adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.
dreadful — full definition
- adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
- adj Causing genuine fear or horror.
- noun A cheaply printed, sensational story or crime report, especially from the 19th century (a "penny dreadful").