おそろしい – Vocabulary details

おそろしい

Adjective (い)

1. terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening

2. surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

often as 恐ろしく

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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

ああ、何なんておそろしい。

Oh, how awful!

彼かの女じょはおそろしさで震ふるえていた。

She was trembling with fear.

それはおそろしい事じ故こだった。

It was a terrible accident.

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