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terrifying

  • 1 terrígeno

    • terrifying
    • territorial

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > terrígeno

  • 2 aterrador

    adj.
    terrifying, frightful, frightening, awesome.
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    1 terrifying, frightful
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    (f. - aterradora)
    adj.
    frightening, terrifying
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    - dora adjetivo terrifying
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    = frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
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    - dora adjetivo terrifying
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    = frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.

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    terrifying
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    aterrador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    terrifying
    aterrador,-ora adjetivo terrifying

    ' aterrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aterradora
    English:
    chilling
    - frightful
    - terrifying
    - terrifyingly
    - blood
    - fearful
    - fearsome
    - frightening
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    aterrador, -ora adj
    terrifying
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    adj frightening, terrifying
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    aterrador, - dora adj
    : terrifying
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    aterrador adj terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > aterrador

  • 3 terrorífico

    adj.
    terrifying, frightening, horrible, terrible.
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    1 terrifying, frightening
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    ADJ terrifying, frightening
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    - ca adjetivo horrific
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    = terrifying, fear-inducing, groundshaking.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
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    - ca adjetivo horrific
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    = terrifying, fear-inducing, groundshaking.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.

    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.

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    horrific
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    terrorífico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    horrific
    terrorífico,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa miedo) terrifying, frightening
    2 (desastroso, desagradable) dreadful, horrific

    ' terrorífico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    terrorífica
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    terrorífico, -a adj
    terrifying
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    adj terrifying, frightening
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    terrorífico, -ca adj
    : horrific, terrifying
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    terrorífico adj terrifying / frightening

    Spanish-English dictionary > terrorífico

  • 4 espeluznante

    adj.
    hair-raising, lurid.
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    1 hair-raising, terrifying, horrifying
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    ADJ hair-raising, horrifying
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    adjetivo <tragedia/estado/experiencia> horrific, horrifying; < grito> terrifying, blood-curdling
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    = horrifying, shocking, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, lurid, spine-tingling, hair-raising, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
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    * de un modo espeluznante = spookily.
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    adjetivo <tragedia/estado/experiencia> horrific, horrifying; < grito> terrifying, blood-curdling
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    = horrifying, shocking, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, lurid, spine-tingling, hair-raising, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.

    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex: At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    * de un modo espeluznante = spookily.

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    1 (que produce terror) ‹tragedia/estado› horrific, horrifying; ‹historia/experiencia› horrific, horrifying, hair-raising; ‹grito› terrifying, blood-curdling
    2 ( RPl fam) (de mala calidad) terrible
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    espeluznante adjetivo ‹tragedia/estado/experiencia› horrific, horrifying;
    ‹ grito› terrifying, blood-curdling
    espeluznante adjetivo hair-raising, terrifying
    ' espeluznante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    blood-curdling
    - creepy
    - eerie
    - grisly
    - hair
    - hair-raising
    - hairy
    - lurid
    - spooky
    - blood
    - shocking
    - spine
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    [escena, suceso] horrific, horrifying; [relato] hair-raising; [grito] bloodcurdling; [sonido] terrifying
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    adj horrific, horrifying
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    : hair-raising, terrifying
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    espeluznante adj terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > espeluznante

  • 5 pavoroso

    adj.
    dreadful, frightful, terrible, horrible.
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    1 frightful
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    - sa adjetivo terrifying, horrific
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    - sa adjetivo terrifying, horrific
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    terrifying, horrific
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    pavoroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    terrifying, horrific

    ' pavoroso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    fearsome
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    pavoroso, -a adj
    terrifying;
    un incendio pavoroso a terrible fire
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    adj terrifying
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    pavoroso, -sa adj
    aterrador: dreadful, terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > pavoroso

  • 6 horripilante

    adj.
    1 horrifying, spine-chilling.
    2 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    3 dreadful, horrible, gruesome, horrifying.
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    1 hair-raising, horrifying, terrifying
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    ADJ (=espeluznante) [escena] hair-raising, horrifying; [persona] creepy *, terrifying
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    adjetivo terrifying, horrifying
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    = horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
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    adjetivo terrifying, horrifying
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    = horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.

    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

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    terrifying, horrifying, hair-raising
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    horripilante adjetivo
    terrifying, horrifying
    horripilante adjetivo hair-raising, scary
    ' horripilante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    espantosa
    - espantoso
    English:
    grisly
    - gruesome
    - horrifying
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    1. [terrorífico] horrifying, spine-chilling
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous
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    adj horrible
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    : horrifying, hair-raising

    Spanish-English dictionary > horripilante

  • 7 aterrorizador

    adj.
    terrifying, frightening.
    m.
    terrorizer.
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    - dora adjetivo terrifying
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    - dora adjetivo terrifying
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    terrifying
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    aterrorizador, -ora adj
    terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > aterrorizador

  • 8 horroroso

    adj.
    horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.
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    1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying
    2 familiar (feo) ghastly, hideous
    3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful
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    (f. - horrorosa)
    adj.
    horrible, horrifying
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    ADJ
    1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *
    2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful
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    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
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    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
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    - sa adjetivo < crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)
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    = appalling, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, shocking, horrible, dreadful, hellish, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], horrid, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.].

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

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    ‹crimen› horrific, horrifying; ‹película/novela› terrible, dreadful; ‹persona/vestido› awful, ghastly ( colloq), horrific ( colloq)
    hizo un tiempo horroroso the weather was horrendous o awful o foul
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving ( colloq)
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    horroroso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ crimen› horrific, horrifying;


    ‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
    ‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);

    horroroso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que causa terror) horrifying, terrifying
    2 fam (muy feo) hideous, ghastly
    3 fam (muy desagradable) awful, dreadful

    ' horroroso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    horrorosa
    - traer
    - horrendo
    English:
    appalling
    - ask back
    - frightful
    - ghastly
    - grisly
    - harrowing
    - hideous
    - horrid
    - vile
    - wicked
    - awful
    - horrendous
    - horrible
    - horrific
    - horrifying
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    horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;
    un accidente horroroso a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous;
    tiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horroroso I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horroroso! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm ravenous o starving;
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    adj terrible; (de mala calidad) dreadful; ( feo) hideous
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    horroroso, -sa adj
    1) : horrifying, terrifying
    2) : dreadful, bad
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    1. (accidente, etc) horrific
    2. (horrible) awful / terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > horroroso

  • 9 terror

    m.
    terror.
    le da terror it terrifies her
    me da terror pensar en las vacaciones con los niños I shudder to think what the holidays with the children will be like
    esa banda de delincuentes es el terror del pueblo this gang of criminals is terrorizing the village
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    1 (gen) terror
    \
    dar terror to terrify
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    noun m.
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    me da terror pensar que tengo que hablar con él — the thought of having to speak to him terrifies me, it terrifies me to think I have to speak to him

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    a) ( miedo) terror

    me da terror or le tengo terror — it terrifies me, I find it terrifying

    b) ( persona) terror
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    = terror, horror.
    Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
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    * campaña de terror = terror campaign.
    * dar terror = scare + the living daylights out of.
    * llenar de terror = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify.
    * novela de terror = terror novel, horror story.
    * película de terror = horror movie.
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    a) ( miedo) terror

    me da terror or le tengo terror — it terrifies me, I find it terrifying

    b) ( persona) terror
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    = terror, horror.

    Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.

    Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
    * campaña de terror = terror campaign.
    * dar terror = scare + the living daylights out of.
    * llenar de terror = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify.
    * novela de terror = terror novel, horror story.
    * película de terror = horror movie.

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    1 (miedo) terror
    un régimen de terror a reign of terror
    sembró el terror entre los campesinos it inspired terror among the peasants
    me da terror or le tengo terror it terrifies me, I find it terrifying
    2 (persona) terror
    es el terror de la ciudad he is terrorizing the city, he is the terror of the city
    este niño es un terror this child is a terror
    es el terror de la carretera ( hum); she is the terror of the roads ( hum)
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    terror sustantivo masculino
    a) ( miedo) terror;


    de terror ‹novela/relato› horror ( before n)

    terror sustantivo masculino terror
    una novela/película de terror, a horror novel/film
    ' terror' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chillido
    - despertarse
    - espanto
    - horror
    - horrorosa
    - horroroso
    - miedo
    - pavor
    - película
    - grito
    - presa
    - reinar
    English:
    fright
    - horror film
    - horror story
    - terror
    - dread
    - frozen
    - horror
    - screech
    - shriek
    - terrified
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    terror nm
    1. [miedo] terror;
    de terror [cine, película] horror;
    dar terror a alguien: le da terror it terrifies her;
    me da terror pensar en las vacaciones con los niños I shudder to think what the holidays with the children will be like;
    tener terror a algo/alguien to be terrified of sth/sb;
    sembrar el terror to spread terror
    2. [persona] terror;
    esa banda de delincuentes es el terror del pueblo this gang of criminals is terrorizing the village
    3.
    el Terror Hist [en la revolución francesa] the Terror
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    m terror
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    terror nm
    : terror
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    terror n terror

    Spanish-English dictionary > terror

  • 10 tremebundo

    adj.
    terrible, frightful, dreadful.
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    1 terrible, dreadful
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    ADJ (=terrible) terrible, frightening; (=amenazador) threatening; (=violento) fierce, savage
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    - da adjetivo <insulto/cólera> terrible; < grito> terrifying, fearful
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    = of the highest order, ferocious.
    Ex. I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
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    - da adjetivo <insulto/cólera> terrible; < grito> terrifying, fearful
    * * *
    = of the highest order, ferocious.

    Ex: I've got to tell you, and I do say this affectionately, but we're talking about a geek of the highest order.

    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.

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    ‹insulto/cólera› terrible; ‹grito› terrifying, fearful
    hoy tuve un día tremebundo I've had a horrendous day today
    tiene un carácter tremebundo he has a fierce o ferocious temper
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    tremebundo,-a adjetivo terrible
    ' tremebundo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tremebunda
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    tremebundo, -a adj
    terrifying
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    adj horrendous, frightening

    Spanish-English dictionary > tremebundo

  • 11 áspero

    adj.
    1 rough, tart, abrasive, coarse.
    2 gruff, abrasive, brusque.
    3 harsh-sounding, rasping, raucous, harsh.
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    1 (cosa) rough, coarse
    3 (clima, tiempo) harsh
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    (f. - áspera)
    adj.
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    ADJ
    1) [al tacto] rough; [terreno] rough, rugged; [filo] uneven, jagged, rough
    2) [al gusto] sour, tart
    3) [clima] harsh; [trato] rough
    4) [voz] rough, rasping; [tono] surly, gruff; [temperamento] sour; [disputa etc] bad-tempered
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    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <superficie/piel> rough
    b) < terreno> uneven, rough
    2)
    a) < sabor> sharp
    b) <voz/sonido/clima> harsh
    3)
    a) ( en el trato) abrupt, surly
    b) < discusión> acrimonious
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    = sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], acidulous, angular, acrid, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], abrasive, rough and rugged, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.], unpolished.
    Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.
    Ex. Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    Ex. It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.
    ----
    * de superficie áspera = rough-surfaced.
    * sabor áspero = off-flavour.
    * un poco áspero = roughish.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <superficie/piel> rough
    b) < terreno> uneven, rough
    2)
    a) < sabor> sharp
    b) <voz/sonido/clima> harsh
    3)
    a) ( en el trato) abrupt, surly
    b) < discusión> acrimonious
    * * *
    = sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], acidulous, angular, acrid, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], abrasive, rough and rugged, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.], unpolished.

    Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.
    Ex: Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    Ex: It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.
    * de superficie áspera = rough-surfaced.
    * sabor áspero = off-flavour.
    * un poco áspero = roughish.

    * * *
    áspero -ra
    A
    1 ‹superficie/piel› rough
    una tela áspera or de tacto áspero a coarse material, a material which is rough to the touch
    2 ‹terreno› uneven, rough
    B
    1 ‹sabor› sharp
    2 ‹voz/sonido› harsh, rasping
    3 ‹clima› harsh
    C
    1 (en el trato) abrupt, surly
    2 ‹discusión› acrimonious
    * * *

    áspero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    1 ‹superficie/piel› rough;
    ‹ tela› coarse
    2
    a) ‹ sabor› sharp

    b) ‹voz/sonido/clima› harsh

    3


    áspero,-a adjetivo
    1 (al tacto) rough
    2 fig (de carácter) surly
    3 (tiempo) harsh: un viento áspero recorría la meseta, a harsh wind blew over the meseta
    ' áspero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    áspera
    - tacto
    - rasguñar
    - raspar
    - raspón
    English:
    abrupt
    - coarse
    - gruff
    - harsh
    - rasping
    - raw
    - rough
    - roughen
    - rugged
    - tart
    - abrasive
    - hacking
    - wiry
    * * *
    áspero, -a adj
    1. [rugoso] rough
    2. [terreno] rugged, rough
    3. [sabor] sharp, sour
    4. [clima] harsh
    5. [voz] rasping, harsh
    6. [persona, carácter] abrupt, surly;
    una áspera disputa [entre grupos] a bitter dispute
    * * *
    adj
    1 superficie rough
    2 sonido harsh
    3 persona abrupt
    * * *
    áspero, -ra adj
    : rough, coarse, abrasive
    ♦ ásperamente adv
    * * *
    áspero adj rough

    Spanish-English dictionary > áspero

  • 12 estremecedor

    adj.
    shaking, shocking, striking.
    * * *
    1 startling
    2 (grito) bloodcurdling
    * * *
    ADJ alarming, disturbing
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex. This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.

    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.

    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex: This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.

    * * *
    ‹escena/noticia/relato› horrifying, hair-raising
    un grito estremecedor a spine-chilling cry
    * * *

    estremecedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo ‹escena/noticia› horrifying;


    ‹grito/relato› spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    estremecedor, -ora adj
    [ruido, grito] horrifying, ghastly; [crimen, imágenes, historia] horrifying, appalling
    * * *
    adj terrifying
    * * *
    : horrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > estremecedor

  • 13 acídulo

    adj.
    acidulous, sour, vinegary.
    * * *
    * * *
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    * * *

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.

    * * *
    sharp-tasting, acidulous ( tech)
    * * *
    acídulo, -a adj
    acidulous
    * * *
    adj acidic

    Spanish-English dictionary > acídulo

  • 14 agrio

    adj.
    1 sour, acid, acidulous, vinegary.
    2 tart.
    3 sour, scathing, bitter.
    * * *
    1 sour
    1 citrus fruits
    * * *
    (f. - agria)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [al gusto] sour, tart; (fig) (=desabrido) bitter, disagreeable
    2) [camino] rough, uneven; [materia] brittle; [color] garish
    2.
    SM (=zumo) sour juice
    pl agrios (=frutas) citrus fruits
    * * *
    agria adjetivo
    a) < manzana> sour, tart; <naranja/limón> sour, sharp

    este vino está agrio/es muy agrio — this wine has gone sour/is very vinegary

    b) <tono/persona> sour, sharp; < disputa> bitter
    * * *
    = acidulous, sour, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.].
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. Throughout the book, the young are viewed with sour realism.
    Ex. Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    * * *
    agria adjetivo
    a) < manzana> sour, tart; <naranja/limón> sour, sharp

    este vino está agrio/es muy agrio — this wine has gone sour/is very vinegary

    b) <tono/persona> sour, sharp; < disputa> bitter
    * * *
    = acidulous, sour, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.].

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.

    Ex: Throughout the book, the young are viewed with sour realism.
    Ex: Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.

    * * *
    1 ‹manzana› sour, tart; ‹naranja/limón› sour, sharp
    este vino está agrio/es muy agrio this wine has gone sour/is very vinegary
    2 ‹tono/persona› sour, sharp; ‹disputa› bitter
    * * *

    Del verbo agriar: ( conjugate agriar)

    agrio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    agrió es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    agriar    
    agrio
    agrio,
    ◊ agria adjetivo

    a) ‹ manzana› sour, tart;

    ‹naranja/limón› sour, sharp
    b) ‹tono/persona› sour, sharp;

    ‹ disputa› bitter
    agriar verbo transitivo
    1 to turn sour
    2 figurado to make bitter: su suegro le agrió el carácter, her father-in-law turned her into an embittered person
    agrio,-a adjetivo sour
    ' agrio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agria
    - agriar
    - volver
    English:
    acid
    - off
    - sour
    - tart
    - cranberry
    * * *
    agrio, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [ácido] sour;
    [naranja] sour, sharp
    2. [discusión] bitter
    ♦ agrios nmpl
    citrus fruits
    * * *
    adj
    1 fruta sour
    2 disputa, carácter bitter
    * * *
    agrio, agria adj
    1) ácido: sour
    2) : caustic, acrimonious
    * * *
    agrio adj sour

    Spanish-English dictionary > agrio

  • 15 amedrentador

    adj.
    terrifying, frightening, intimidating, menacing.
    * * *
    ADJ frightening, menacing
    * * *
    Ex. Line's survey of students in 1962 showed that nineteen percent found the library intimidating and forty-eight percent found it mildly intimidating -- a total of two out of every three users.
    * * *

    Ex: Line's survey of students in 1962 showed that nineteen percent found the library intimidating and forty-eight percent found it mildly intimidating -- a total of two out of every three users.

    * * *
    terrifying, frightening
    * * *
    amedrentador, -ora adj
    scary, frightening

    Spanish-English dictionary > amedrentador

  • 16 aterrar

    v.
    1 to terrify.
    El monstruo aterró a mi hijo The monster terrified my son.
    2 to earth up, to cover with earth.
    El perro aterró el hueso The dog earthed up the bone.
    3 to be terrifying, to be frightening.
    Ese monstruo aterra That monster is terrifying.
    4 to be terrified to.
    5 to be terrified of.
    * * *
    1 (asustar) to terrify
    1 to be terrified
    ————————
    1 (derribar) to pull down, demolish
    2 (cubrir de tierra) to cover with earth
    1 (avión) to land
    2 (barco) to stand inshore
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < persona> to terrify
    * * *
    = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify, spook.
    Ex. Only majorities have the power to terrorize and subjugate minority groups.
    Ex. The purpose of terrorism is to terrify.
    Ex. The noise spooked the animals, and many stampeded over a cliff to their deaths.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo < persona> to terrify
    * * *
    = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify, spook.

    Ex: Only majorities have the power to terrorize and subjugate minority groups.

    Ex: The purpose of terrorism is to terrify.
    Ex: The noise spooked the animals, and many stampeded over a cliff to their deaths.

    * * *
    aterrar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ‹persona› to terrify
    le aterra la idea she's terrified at the thought, the thought terrifies her
    B ‹lugar› to fill … with earth
    * * *

    aterrar ( conjugate aterrar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to terrify;

    aterrar verbo transitivo to terrify

    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to terrify;
    me aterran las tormentas I'm terrified of storms;
    me aterra pensar que hayan podido tener un accidente I'm terrified that they might have had an accident
    * * *
    1 v/t persona frighten, terrify
    2 v/t con tierra fill with earth
    * * *
    aterrar {55} vt
    : to terrify, to frighten

    Spanish-English dictionary > aterrar

  • 17 bibliotecaria

    f., (m. - bibliotecario)
    * * *
    = female librarian, woman librarian, women librarian.
    Nota: Singular woman librarian.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. Although some women librarians are married, most are childless: since the career is demanding, women librarians must choose often between career and children.
    Ex. The article focuses on the stereotypical images of librarians, particularly women librarians, conveyed by such television programmes.
    * * *
    = female librarian, woman librarian, women librarian.
    Nota: Singular woman librarian.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.

    Ex: Although some women librarians are married, most are childless: since the career is demanding, women librarians must choose often between career and children.
    Ex: The article focuses on the stereotypical images of librarians, particularly women librarians, conveyed by such television programmes.

    * * *

    bibliotecario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino librarian
    * * *
    m, bibliotecaria f librarian

    Spanish-English dictionary > bibliotecaria

  • 18 de edad

    (adj.) = elderly
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = elderly

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de edad

  • 19 escalofriante

    adj.
    1 spine-chilling.
    2 hair-raising, bloodcurdling, crawly, creepy.
    * * *
    1 chilling, bloodcurdling, hair-raising
    * * *
    ADJ (=espeluznante) bloodcurdling, hair-raising; (=aterrador) frightening, chilling
    * * *
    adjetivo <crimen/escena> horrifying; < cifra> staggering, incredible
    * * *
    = chilling, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, eerie, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    * * *
    adjetivo <crimen/escena> horrifying; < cifra> staggering, incredible
    * * *
    = chilling, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, eerie, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.

    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.

    * * *
    ‹crimen/escena› horrifying; ‹cifra› staggering, incredible
    * * *

    escalofriante adjetivo ‹crimen/escena› horrifying;
    ‹ cifra› staggering, incredible
    escalofriante adjetivo hair-raising, chilling, horrifying
    ' escalofriante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grito
    English:
    chilling
    - sickening
    - spine-chilling
    * * *
    spine-chilling
    * * *
    adj horrifying
    * * *
    : horrifying, bloodcurdling
    * * *
    escalofriante adj horrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > escalofriante

  • 20 horrible

    adj.
    1 horrifying, terrifying.
    2 terrible, awful (muy malo).
    3 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    * * *
    1 horrible, dreadful, awful
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=espantoso) [accidente, crimen, matanza] horrific
    2) (=feo) [persona, objeto, ropa, cuadro] hideous
    3) (=malo, perverso) horrible

    ¡qué hombre tan horrible! — what a horrible man!

    4) (=insoportable) terrible

    hizo un calor horrible — it was terribly hot, the heat was terrible

    la conferencia fue un rollo horrible — * the lecture was a real drag *

    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex. This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex. Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex. And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex. These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex. She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex. The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    ----
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.
    * * *
    a) <accidente/muerte> horrible, horrific
    b) ( feo) < persona> hideous, ugly; <camisa/adorno> horrible, hideous
    c) < tiempo> terrible, awful
    d) ( inaguantable) unbearable
    * * *
    = horrid, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], unsightly, revolting, nasty [natier -comp., nastiest -sup.], unpleasant, awful, terrible, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], hideous, shocking, horrible, dreadful, heinous, frightening, yucky [yuckier -comp., yuckiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.
    Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.
    Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.
    Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.
    Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.
    Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.
    Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
    Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.
    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.
    * morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.
    * tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.
    * tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit.

    * * *
    1 (trágico, espantoso) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific
    2 (feo) ‹persona› hideous, ugly; ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    3 (malo) ‹tiempo› terrible, awful, dreadful
    4
    (inaguantable): ¡qué calor más horrible! it's terribly o unbearably hot!
    * * *

     

    horrible adjetivo
    a) ‹accidente/muerte› horrible, horrific

    b) ( feo) ‹ persona› hideous, ugly;

    ‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous
    c) ‹ tiempo› terrible, awful


    horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
    ' horrible' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - horrendo-a
    - infame
    - pestazo
    - antipático
    - calor
    - cargante
    - mal
    - malo
    - odioso
    - pereza
    - perro
    - pinche
    - tocar
    - tufo
    English:
    awful
    - cat
    - dreadful
    - hideous
    - hole
    - horrible
    - horrid
    - it
    - manage
    - mind
    - nasty
    - shocking
    - thought
    - wretched
    - abominable
    - crummy
    - foul
    - ghastly
    - revolting
    - rotten
    - sickly
    - vile
    * * *
    1. [terrorífico] horrific, terrifying;
    un accidente horrible a horrific accident
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;
    nos hizo un tiempo horrible we had terrible o awful weather
    3. Fam [muy feo] horrible, hideous;
    tiene un novio horrible she's got a horrible-looking o hideous boyfriend;
    ese vestido le queda horrible that dress looks horrible o hideous on her
    4. Fam [muy grande]
    tengo un frío horrible I'm absolutely freezing;
    ¡qué frío más horrible! it's absolutely freezing!;
    tengo un hambre horrible I'm ravenous o starving
    * * *
    adj horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    : horrible, dreadful
    * * *
    1. (en general) awful / terrible
    2. (accidente) horrific

    Spanish-English dictionary > horrible

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