dantesco

adj.

1 gruesome, horrible, frightening.

2 Dantesque in style, Dantean in style.

3 of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.

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dantesco

► adjetivo

1 Dantesque

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ADJ

1) (Literat) of Dante, relating to Dante

la obra dantesca — Dante's works

2) (=horrible) nightmarish

un espectáculo dantesco — a nightmarish sight

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-ca adjetivo (de Dante) Dantesque; (terrible) horrific

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= gruesome, frightening, nightmarish.

Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

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

Ex. It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.

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-ca adjetivo (de Dante) Dantesque; (terrible) horrific

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= gruesome, frightening, nightmarish.

Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.

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

Ex: It was the drugs that made me mad: Jane was anorexic, but the treatment prescribed pushed her over the edge for 22 nightmarish years.

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dantesco -ca

adjective

1 (de Dante) Dantesque

2 (terrible) horrific

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dantesco,-a adjetivo horrific, weird, macabre: asistimos a una escena dantesca, we witnessed a shocking scene
'dantesco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dantesca
English:
gruesome

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dantesco, -a adj

1. [horroroso] horrific, grotesque

2. Lit Dantesque, Dantean

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dantesco

adj fig

nightmarish