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kauhea — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abysmal adj Extremely bad; of very poor quality.
  • awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
  • ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  • gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
  • heinous adjective Shockingly evil or wicked, especially describing a crime.
  • hideous adjective Extremely or shockingly ugly.
  • horrendous adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad.
  • horrible adj Causing horror; extremely unpleasant or shocking.
  • horrid adj Very unpleasant, nasty, or unkind.
  • impossible adj Not able to happen or be done.
  • lurid adj Shockingly graphic or sensational, especially about violence, scandal, or sex.
  • morbid adj Having an unhealthy interest in death, disease, or other disturbing subjects.
  • odious adj Deeply unpleasant; causing strong dislike or disgust.
  • terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.

Senses

kauhea is used for these senses in English:

  • abysmal (figurative) Extremely bad; terrible.
  • awful Very bad.
  • awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
  • awful (US, Canada) Very, extremely.
  • dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
  • frightening (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
  • ghastly Horrifyingly shocking.

abysmal — full definition

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

awful — full definition

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

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