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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries끔찍한
Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kkeumjjik-han
"그는 끔찍한 실수를 저질렀다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
"We had to sit through a god-awful movie that lasted nearly three hours." - 2
Used as an intensifier to emphasize a negative state or feeling.
"He woke up with a god-awful headache after the loud party."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in colloquial English as an intensifier combining 'god' (used here as an oath or emphatic element expressing extreme degree) and 'awful' (originally meaning inspiring awe, later shifting to mean extremely bad or unpleasant). First appearing in the mid-19th century American and British vernacular, the compound rapidly solidified as an informal descriptor for something exceptionally disagreeable or substandard.
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épouvantable
Transliteration: epouvɑ̃tabl
"Nous avons regardé un film épouvantable hier soir."
grottenschlecht
Transliteration: ɡʁɔtn̩ˌʃlɛçt
"Das Essen in diesem Restaurant war grottenschlecht."
terribile
Transliteration: terˈri.bi.le
"Ho avuto un mal di testa terribile tutto il giorno."
pésimo
Transliteration: ˈpe.si.mo
"El servicio en ese hotel fue pésimo."
horrível
Transliteration: oˈʁi.vɛw
"Fez um tempo horrível durante todas as nossas férias."
बेहद खराब
Transliteration: behad kharab
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"कल का खाना बेहद खराब था।"
糟糕透顶
Transliteration: zāogāo tòudǐng
Script: 中文汉字
"这部电影的剧情实在是糟糕透顶。"
끔찍한
Transliteration: kkeumjjik-han
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 끔찍한 실수를 저질렀다."
もの凄く悪い
Transliteration: monosugoku warui
Script: 日本語
"昨日の夜はもの凄く悪い夢を見た。"
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