grauenhaft
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ənhaft/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: grau‧en‧haft
Adjective
grauenhaft (strong nominative masculine singular grauenhafter, comparative grauenhafter, superlative am grauenhaftesten)
- gruesome, atrocious
- Synonyms: grauenvoll, grausig
Declension
Positive forms of grauenhaft
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Adverb
grauenhaft
- horrifically, horrendously
- Synonyms: in grauenhafter Weise, fürchterlich, grauenvoll, grausig
- Diese Tiere wurden grauenhaft misshandelt. ― These animals were horrendously mistreated.
Further reading
- “grauenhaft” in Duden online