fearful, dreadful → ugly 4 realizations
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
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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 страшный (strašnyj)
meaning 1 terrible, frightful страшная сказка
a scary tale
direction —
meaning 2 ugly У него жена такая страшная!
His wife is so ugly!
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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

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