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Danish
Etymology
From frygte (“to fear”) + -lig. After Middle Low German vruchtelik.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frygtelig (neuter frygteligt, plural and definite singular attributive frygtelige, comparative frygteligere, superlative (predicative) frygteligst, superlative (attributive) frygteligste)
- terrible, very bad
2011, Esther Rützou, Filippa og dværgekrigen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Det var en frygtelig sang. Men alle skrålede løs på den, mens vi marcherede ud over broen mod fastlandet.- It was a terrible song. But everyone belted it out, as we marched out across the bridge towards the mainland.
- terrifying
- extreme, especially in a dramatic way
2013, Øystein Wiik, Slagteren, Art People, →ISBN:“Båden sejlede ud som aftalt, men det har været et frygteligt uvejr,” blev der svaret.- “The boat sailed out as agreed, but the weather has been terrible,” was the answer.