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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

  1. adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  2. adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.

dreadful — full definition

  1. adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
  2. adj Causing genuine fear or horror.
  3. noun A cheaply printed, sensational story or crime report, especially from the 19th century (a "penny dreadful").
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