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furchtbar; schrecklich; entsetzlich; grässlich; grauslich [ugs.] [Bayr.] [Ös.]; grauenhaft; gräulich [geh.]; schauerlich {adj} [listen] [listen] dreadful; dread; ghastly; gruesome; grisly; blood-curdling; hideous; horrible; horrific; horrifying; horrendous; terrifying [listen] [listen] [listen] [listen]

ein furchtbarer Fehler a hideous mistake

grässliches Wetter ghastly weather

markerschütternde Schreie blood-curdling screams

ein schrecklicher Alptraum a hideous nightmare; a terrifying nightmare

ein schlimmer Unfall; ein schrecklicher Unfall a dreadful / appalling / horrific accident

ein Bild des Grauens bieten to be horrific

Krebs ist eine schreckliche Krankheit. Cancer is a dreadful disease.

Das ist schrecklich! That's horrible!

Es ist scheußliches Wetter. It's horrible weather.

Sein Zimmer war ein furchtbares Chaos. His room was a ghastly mess.

Meuchelfoto {n} (von jdm.) [ugs.] horrific mugshot; terrible mugshot; dreadful mugshot (of sb.) [coll.]

Meuchelfotos {pl} horrific mugshots; terrible mugshots; dreadful mugshots

Gräueltat {f}; Greueltat {f} [alt]; Schreckenstat {f}; Gewalttat {f} atrocity; bestiality; outrage; monstrous act; enormity [formal] [listen] [listen]

eine entsetzliche Gräueltat a dreadful atrocity

die Gräueltaten im Krieg the enormities of war

brutale Verbrechen begehen to commit criminal enormities

Roman {m}; Langerzählung {f} [selten] [lit.] novel [listen]

Romane {pl} novels

Abenteuerroman {m} adventure novel

Agentenroman {m}; Spionageroman {m} cloak-and-dagger novel

Arztroman {m} medical romance novel; medical fiction

Bildungsroman {m} coming-of-age novel; bildungsroman

Briefroman {m} epistolary novel

Detektivroman {m} private detective novel; private investigator novel; PI novel

Dialogroman {m} dialogue novel; dialog novel

Entwicklungsroman {m} entwicklungsroman; development novel

Fantasy-Roman {m} fantasy novel

Fortsetzungsroman {m} serial novel; serial [listen]

Fotoroman {m} photo comic; photonovel; fotonovela

Gegenwartsroman {m} contemporary novel

Groschenroman {m}; Heftroman {m}; Hintertreppenroman {m}; Kitschroman {m}; Billigroman {m} [lit.] penny dreadful; dime novel [Am.]

Groschenromane {pl}; Heftromane {pl}; Hintertreppenromane {pl}; Kitschromane {pl}; Billigromane {pl} penny dreadfuls; dime novels

Heimatroman {m} rural novel; regional novel

Kolportageroman {m} serialized pulp novel

Kriminalroman {m} [lit.] detective novel; mystery novel

Künstlerroman {m} Künstlerroman; artist novel

Kurzroman {m} short novel

Liebesroman {m} romantic novel

Mitschreibroman {m}; Interaktivroman {m} write-along novel; collaborative novel

Schauerroman {m}; Gruselroman {m} [lit.] horror novel; Gothic novel

Schelmenroman {m}; pikarischer/pikaresker Roman picaresque novel

Schlüsselroman {m} roman a clef

Schmunzelroman {m} funny novel

Schundroman {m}; Kitschroman {m} trashy novel; pulp novel

Sensationsroman {m} sensation novel

Sittenroman {m} novel of manners

Tatsachenroman {m} non-fiction novel

Zukunftsroman {m}; Science-Fiction-Roman {m} science fiction novel; sci-fi novel

Vision {f}; Vorstellung {f}; Sicht {f} (von etw.) [übtr.] [listen] [listen] vision (of sth.) [fig.] [listen]

Visionen {pl}; Vorstellungen {pl}; Sichten {pl} [listen] visions

schreckliche Vorstellung; Schreckbild {n} dreadful vision; terrifying vision

panisch; kopflos; von Panik ergriffen {adj} panic-stricken; of panic

panische Schreie screams of panic

panische Angst a feeling of sheer terror

Sie hat panische Angst vor Spinnen. She has a dreadful fear of spiders. / Spiders scare her to death.

Elf Personen wurden im panischen Gedränge zu den Ausgängen zu Tode getrampelt. Eleven were trampled to death in the panic-stricken rush for the exits.

Die Angst kann panische Ausmaße annehmen, wenn der Drogenkonsument das Gefühl hat, dass dieser Zustand niemals aufhört. Anxiety may reach panic proportions when the drug user feels that this state will never end.

Seine erste Reaktion war panisch. His first reaction was one of panic.

Die Anleger zogen ihr Geld ab und die Marktteilnehmer reagierten panisch. Investors pulled out their money and the market players reacted in panic.
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