espantoso — meaning in English
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English meaning
- awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
- excruciating adj Extremely painful or unbearably intense.
- fearful adj Feeling afraid or anxious.
- ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
- grisly adv In a horrifying or gruesome manner.
- gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
- hideous adjective Extremely or shockingly ugly.
- lurid adj Shockingly graphic or sensational, especially about violence, scandal, or sex.
- scary adjective Causing fear or unease.
- shocking adj Extremely surprising, upsetting, or disturbing.
Senses
espantoso is used for these senses in English:
- awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
- excruciating Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
- ghastly Horrifyingly shocking.
- grisly Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
- gruesome Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
- hideous Extremely or shockingly ugly.
- lurid Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
- scary (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.
awful — full definition
- adj Very bad or unpleasant.
- adv informal: Very; extremely.