fürchterlich — meaning in English
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English meaning
- awesome adj Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring a sense of wonder.
- dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
- dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
- fearsome adj Frightening, especially in appearance or reputation.
- frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
- horribly adv In a horrible or very unpleasant way; badly.
- terrific adj Excellent; wonderful.
- ungodly adj Lacking reverence for God; not in keeping with religious teaching.
Senses
fürchterlich is used for these senses in English:
- awesome Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement. [from 1590–1600.]
- dire (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
- dread Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
- fearsome frightening, especially in appearance.
- frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
- horribly (manner) In a horrible way; very badly.
- terrific (now, rare) Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime, awe-inspiring. [from 17th c.]
- ungodly (informal) Extreme; unreasonable.
awesome — full definition
- adj Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring a sense of wonder.
- adj informal: Excellent; really great.
dire — full definition
- adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
- adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.
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