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gruselig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chilling adj Causing fear or horror.
  • creepy adj Causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
  • grim adj Bleak, gloomy, or discouraging.
  • uncanny adj Strange in a way that feels unsettling or almost supernatural.

Senses

gruselig is used for these senses in English:

  • chilling Causing mild fear.
  • creepy (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
  • creepy (informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.
  • grim Ghastly or sinister.
  • uncanny Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

chilling — full definition

  1. adj Causing fear or horror.
  2. adj Making something cold.
  3. noun The process of cooling something down.

Related German words