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pahaenteinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • disastrous adj Causing great damage or harm; having the nature of a disaster.
  • ominous adj Suggesting that something bad is about to happen; threatening or foreboding.
  • portentous adj Of momentous or ominous significance.
  • sinister adj Suggesting evil intent or hidden danger.
  • unlucky adjective Having or bringing bad luck.

Senses

pahaenteinen is used for these senses in English:

  • dire Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
  • disastrous Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
  • ill-boding Which bodes evil; portending bad things.
  • ominous Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
  • portentous Of momentous or ominous significance.
  • sinister Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
  • unlucky Inauspicious.

dire — full definition

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

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