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spaventoso — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appalling adj Shockingly bad or unpleasant; horrifying.
  • chilling adj Causing fear or horror.
  • dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
  • frightening adj Causing fear; scary.
  • ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
  • spooky adj Eerie or unsettling, in a way that suggests ghosts or the supernatural.
  • terrifying adj Causing intense fear.

Senses

spaventoso is used for these senses in English:

  • chilling Causing mild fear.
  • dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
  • frightening Causing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
  • ghastly Horrifyingly shocking.
  • spooky (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
  • terrifying Frightening or intimidating.

chilling — full definition

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