estremecedor

adj.

shaking, shocking, striking.

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estremecedor

► adjetivo

1 startling

2 (grito) bloodcurdling

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ADJ alarming, disturbing

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-dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising

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= 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.

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-dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising

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= 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.

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estremecedor -dora

adjective

‹escena/noticia/relato› horrifying, hair-raising

un grito estremecedor a spine-chilling cry

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estremecedor

◊ -dora adjetivo ‹escena/noticia› horrifying;

‹grito/relato› spine-chilling, hair-raising

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estremecedor, -ora adj

[ruido, grito] horrifying, ghastly; [crimen, imágenes, historia] horrifying, appalling

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estremecedor

adj terrifying

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estremecedor, -dora adj

: horrifying