fearful, dreadful
—
ugly, unpleasant
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 7744 | fearful, dreadful | — | unpleasant | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | spaventoso | |
| Meaning 1 | horrible, terrible, awful | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | disgusting | donna di una bruttezza spaventosa hideously ugly woman |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Old Norse | |
| Language 2 | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | uggligr | |
| Lexeme 2 | ugly | |
| Meaning 1 | dreadful, fearful | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ugly | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | strašnyj | |
| Meaning 1 | terrible, frightful | страшная сказка a scary tale |
| Meaning 2 | ugly | У него жена такая страшная! His wife is so ugly! |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Cf. also страшна собой (ugly). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | horroroso | |
| Meaning 1 | horrible, terrible | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ugly (colloq.) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Narumov 1995: 414 | |