pavoroso — meaning in English

English meaning

• appalling adj Shockingly bad or unpleasant; horrifying.
• dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
• gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.

Senses

pavoroso is used for these senses in English:

• dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
• gruesome Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.

dreadful — full definition

1. adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
2. adj Causing genuine fear or horror.
3. noun A cheaply printed, sensational story or crime report, especially from the 19th century (a "penny dreadful").

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