fearful, dreadful
→
very
24 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 6408 | bad | → | very | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | δεινῶς | |
| Meaning 1 | scary | |
| Meaning 2 | extremely | δεινῶς μέλας completely black |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | LSJ 374 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Buriat | |
| Lexeme | aimšagtai | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, awful | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | aimšagtai ünetei very expensive |
| Reference | Šagdarov, Čeremisov 2010: 45 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Buriat | |
| Lexeme | hуреетэй | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, dreadful | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very, extremely | hуреетэй олон extremely many |
| Reference | Čeremisov 1973: 698 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | strašno | |
| Meaning 1 | fearfully, dreadfully | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | strašno glup, strašno lijep, strašno dobar very stupid, very handsome, very good |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | frygtelig | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, dreadful | en frygtelig sygdom a horrible illness |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | gøre frygtelig(t) ondt to hurt very much |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | terrible | |
| Lexeme 2 | terribly | |
| Meaning 1 | scary, horrible | |
| Meaning 2 | I am at present terribly busy. Я сейчас страшно занята. |
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| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | awfully | |
| Meaning 1 | terribly | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very, exceedingly; extremely; excessively | It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here (1968, Syd Barrett (lyrics and music), “Jugband Blues”, in A Saucerful of Secrets, performed by Pink Floyd) |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | fearfully | |
| Meaning 1 | in a fearful manner; characterized by fear | I stepped fearfully into the pitch-dark cave. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (UK, dated) very; very much | He's a fearfully good striker. |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | frightfully | |
| Meaning 1 | in a frightful manner | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very, extremely | It all went frightfully quickly. |
| Reference | English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme 1 | terrible | |
| Lexeme 2 | terriblement | |
| Meaning 1 | horrible | une terrible catastrophe a horrible catastrophe |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | very, extremely | un été terriblement sec an extremely dry summer |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | furchtbar | |
| Meaning 1 | terrible | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | Der Pudding schmeckt furchtbar gut The pudding tastes terribly good |
| Reference | Heine, Kuteva et al. 2019: 68 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | rettenetes | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, dreadful | rettenetes ellenség a fearful rival |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | rettenetes sok very much |
| Reference | Гальди 1974: 642 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | óskaplegur | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, dreadful | ég heyrði óskaplegan hávaða fyrir utan I heard a horrible noise from the outside |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | það er óskapleg hálka úti it is very slippery outside |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | sugoi (凄い) | |
| Meaning 1 | scary, horrible | |
| Meaning 2 | very, to a great extent | その映画で彼女はすごい人気となった The movie gained her great popularity. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme | taihen | |
| Meaning 1 | scary | 飛行機が離陸する時は大変でした I was very nervous as the plane took off |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | 彼女は彼にたいへん愛されていた He loved her very much. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | EDICT. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme 1 | shā | |
| Lexeme 2 | shà | |
| Meaning 1 | scary, horrible | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very, extremely | shàjìn quite close |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БКРС 14940 (the same hieroglyph, different tones) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | fryktelig | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, dreadful | det var en fryktelig historie it was a horrible story |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | fryktelig stor very big |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | strašnyj | |
| Lexeme 2 | strašno | |
| Meaning 1 | terrible, frightful | страшная сказка a scary tale |
| Meaning 2 | terribly | Это страшно интересно. This is terribly interesting. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | užasnyj | |
| Lexeme 2 | užasno | |
| Meaning 1 | terrible, awful | ужасный дракон a terrible dragon |
| Meaning 2 | awfully | Я ужасно люблю мороженое. I like ice cream as all hell. |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | страшно (strašno) | |
| Meaning 1 | fearfully, dreadfully | страшно урликати howl terribly |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | страшно се плашити to be terribly afraid |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1275 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | förskräcklig | |
| Meaning 1 | dreadful, very unpleasant | en förskräcklig olycka a horrible disaster |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | filmen var förskräckligt bra the movie was very good |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | förfärlig | |
| Meaning 1 | dreadful, very unpleasant | en förfärlig olycka a horrible disaster |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | det var förfärligt roligt att träffas it was very fun to meet |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tofa | |
| Lexeme | қоърhуньӌуғ | |
| Meaning 1 | scary, terrible | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very | қоърhуньӌуғ көфей lots of (lit. 'terribly many') |
| Reference | Rassadin 2016: 208 | |
| Comment | Also adverb қоърhуньӌуду 'frightfully' and 'very': оӊ қоърhуньӌуду көрдүрү 'he looks scary' and қоърhуньӌуду талаӌып олыры мен 'I'm in a great hurry' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | dehşetli | |
| Meaning 1 | fearful, dreadful | dehşetli bir tablo a dreadful picture |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | very strong, intense | dehşetli bir yağmur it rains cats and dogs; very intense rain |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 215 | |
| Comment | ||
Ср. также рус. жуткий, чудовищный, дикий, безумный