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hirveä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • atrocious adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  • awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • fell verb To cut something down, especially a tree, or to knock someone or something to the ground.
  • hideous adjective Extremely or shockingly ugly.
  • horrendous adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad.
  • monster noun A frightening, dangerous creature, often imaginary or mythical.
  • monstrous adj Shockingly evil or cruel.
  • morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
  • shocking adj Extremely surprising, upsetting, or disturbing.
  • terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.

Senses

hirveä is used for these senses in English:

  • atrocious Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
  • atrocious Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
  • awful Very bad.
  • awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
  • awful (US, Canada) Very, extremely.
  • dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • fell Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
  • hideous Extremely or shockingly ugly.

atrocious — full definition

  1. adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  2. adjective Very bad in quality; appalling.

awful — full definition

  1. adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  2. adv informal: Very; extremely.

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