恐ろしい
おそろしい
Also written 怖ろしい
Meanings
- い-adjective terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
- surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing (often as 恐ろしく)
Kanji
- 恐 fear. Read as おそろしい.
Example sentences
- 恐ろしさが私の心に忍び込み、そこに残った。
Fear crept into my heart and settled there. - 恐ろしく今日は寒い。
It's awfully cold today. - 今日は恐ろしく寒い。
It's awfully cold today. - 恐ろしく寒いな、今日の夜は。
It's awfully cold this evening. - 何か恐ろしい事が今にも起こりそうだ。
Something terrible is about to happen.
Common phrases
Words containing 恐ろしい
- 末恐ろしい (すえおそろしい) frightening (of the future)
- 空恐ろしい (そらおそろしい) apprehensive
- もの恐ろしい (ものおそろしい) vaguely frightening
And 2 more.