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furchtbar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
  • dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
  • dreadfully adv Very badly or terribly.
  • fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
  • frightful adj Causing shock, horror, or fear; dreadful.
  • ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  • terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.
  • terribly adv Very badly or poorly.
  • terrific adj Excellent; wonderful.

Senses

furchtbar is used for these senses in English:

  • dire Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
  • dire Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
  • dire (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
  • dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
  • frightful Full of something causing fright, whether
  • ghastly Extremely bad.
  • terrible Unpleasant; disagreeable.
  • terrible Very bad; lousy.

awful — full definition

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

dire — full definition

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