affreux — meaning in English

English meaning

• awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
• dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
• fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
• ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
• horrible adj Causing horror; extremely unpleasant or shocking.
• horrid adj Very unpleasant, nasty, or unkind.
• scary adjective Causing fear or unease.

Senses

affreux is used for these senses in English:

• awful Very bad.
• dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
• fearful (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.
• ghastly Extremely bad.
• horrible Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
• horrid Causing horror or dread.
• scary (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.

awful — full definition

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

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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