おそろしい – Vocabulary details

おそろしい

Adjective (い)

1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening

それが事じ実じつだとすればとても恐おそろしい事ことだ。If that is true, it is a very dreadful thing.

2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

often as 恐ろしく

それにしても、恐おそろしくつまらない。Even so, it is terribly boring.

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apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed

vaguely frightening; somehow terrifying; spooky

frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous

to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time

おお、おそろしい、おそろしい。

Ugh, how frightening, how frightening.

ああ、何なんておそろしい。

Oh, how awful!

才さい能のうとはおそろしいな。

Talent is terrifying.

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