- horroroso
- adj.horrible, frightful, fearsome, dreadful.* * *horroroso► adjetivo1 (que causa miedo) horrifying, terrifying2 familiar (feo) ghastly, hideous3 familiar (malísimo) dreadful, awful4 familiar (muy grande) awful■ tenía una hambre horrorosa I was terribly hungry* * *(f. - horrorosa)adj.horrible, horrifying* * *ADJ1) (=aterrador) dreadful, ghastly *2) (=horrible) [ropa, peinado] hideous, horrific; [dolor] terrible; [película, libro] dreadful
tengo un sueño horroroso — I feel really sleepy
* * *-sa adjetivo <crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)tengo un hambre horrorosa — I'm absolutely starving (colloq)
* * *= 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'.* * *-sa adjetivo <crimen> horrific, horrifying; <película/novela> terrible, awful; <persona/vestido> awful, ghastly, horrific (colloq)tengo un hambre horrorosa — I'm absolutely starving (colloq)
* * *= 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'.* * *horroroso -saadjective‹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 foultengo un hambre horrorosa I'm terribly hungry, I'm absolutely starving (colloq)* * *
horroroso◊ -sa adjetivo ‹crimen› horrific, horrifying;
‹película/novela› terrible, awful;
‹persona/vestido› awful, horrific (colloq);◊ tengo un hambre horrorosa I'm absolutely starving (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
* * *horroroso, -a, horrendo, -a adj1. [terrorífico] horrific, horrifying, terrifying;un accidente horroroso a horrific accident2. Fam [muy malo] appalling, awful;nos hizo un tiempo horroroso we had appalling o awful weather3. Fam [muy feo] hideous;tiene un novio horroroso she's got a hideous boyfriend;ese vestido le queda horroroso that dress looks hideous on her4. 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;tengo unas ganas horrorosas de leerlo I'm dying to read it* * *horrorosoadj terrible; (de mala calidad) dreadful; (feo) hideous* * *horroroso, -sa adj1) : horrifying, terrifying2) : dreadful, bad* * *horroroso adj1. (accidente, etc) horrific2. (horrible) awful / terriblequé color más horroroso what an awful colourhace un calor horroroso it's terribly hot
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.