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kammottava — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abhorrent adj Causing intense disgust or hatred; utterly repugnant.
  • abysmal adj Extremely bad; of very poor quality.
  • creepy adj Causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
  • dreaded adj Feared or anticipated with fear or unease.
  • grisly adv In a horrifying or gruesome manner.
  • horrible adj Causing horror; extremely unpleasant or shocking.
  • lurid adj Shockingly graphic or sensational, especially about violence, scandal, or sex.
  • macabre adj Disturbingly focused on death, or gruesome and horrifying to look at.
  • morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.

Senses

kammottava is used for these senses in English:

  • abhorrent Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]
  • abysmal (figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.
  • creepy (informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.
  • dreaded Causing fear, dread, or terror.
  • grisly Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
  • horrible Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
  • lurid Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
  • macabre Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

abysmal — full definition

  1. adj Extremely bad; of very poor quality.
  2. adj Resembling a bottomless pit; immense and deep.

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