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おそろしい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing
often as 恐ろしく
Alt. forms
恐おそろしい
87%
おそろしい
9%
怖おそろしい
3%
Pitch accent
お
そろし
い
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Used in: 924
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
(impalpable sense of) fright or horror
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
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Examples (29 in total)
Oh, how awful!
She was trembling with fear.
It was a terrible accident.
It was terribly cold last night.
I had a dreadful dream last night.
She trembled with fear.
She was afraid to travel alone.
His anger was terrible to see.
A terrible thing happened last week.
This terrible monster was the Sphinx.
A dreadful accident happened on the corner.
The scene of the traffic accident was a horrible sight.
I had a feeling that something dreadful was happening.
There is nothing scarier than death.
It is so dreadful that I don't want to think of it.
The earthquake was a terrible experience.
A fearful thought entered my mind.
His speech got awfully boring.
I have a feeling that something dreadful is going to happen.
She fainted when she heard the terrible news.
Fear crept into my heart and settled there.
The timid soldier was tormented by terrible nightmares.
The prisoners were treated with monstrous cruelty.
The real war is much more horrible than this story.
I was more than surprised at the terrible sight.
Immediately she heard his voice, she trembled with fear.
The other day something horrible happened in a Tokyo suburb.
The other day, something horrible happened in the busy square.
This handmade Italian-made titanium bicycle is terribly light.