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haarsträubend — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  • outlandish adj Extremely unusual, bizarre, or far removed from normal experience.
  • outrageous adj Shockingly excessive, unacceptable, or unjust.

Senses

haarsträubend is used for these senses in English:

  • ghastly Horrifyingly shocking.
  • hair-raising Causing fear or anxiety; scary.
  • outlandish Greatly different from common experience; bizarre, outrageous, strange. [from late 16th c.]
  • outrageous Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

ghastly — full definition

  1. adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  2. adj Pale and deathly-looking.
  3. adj (informal, especially British) Very bad or unpleasant, used for milder complaints as well as serious horror.

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