жуткий

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Russian

Etymology

жуть (žutʹ, dismay, dread, horror) +‎ -кий (-kij)

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Adjective

жу́ткий (žútkij) (rare/awkward comparative (по)жу́тче, superlative жутча́йший, adverb жу́тко, abstract noun жу́ткость)

  1. horrifying, horrible, inducing a sense of horror
    Мне всю ночь сни́лись э́ти жу́ткие сце́ны из вчера́шнего фи́льма.
    Mne vsju nočʹ snílisʹ éti žútkije scény iz včerášnevo fílʹma.
    All night, I was dreaming of the horrifying scenes from yesterday's movie.
  2. (colloquial) horrible, bad, of poor quality
    Жу́ткая пого́да на дворе́.Žútkaja pogóda na dvoré.The weather is horrible outside.
  3. (colloquial, figurative) extreme
    Он жу́ткий спо́рщик.On žútkij spórščik.He is extremely argumentative.

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References

Magomedova, V.D. & N.A. Slyusar (2014), “Расшатывание исторических чередований согласных на примере ненормативных форм компаратива”, in Современный русский язык в интернете (in Russian), Moscow: Языки славянской культуры.