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groaznic
terrible /ɡroˈaznik/
adjective#1371 most common
Also: horrible, dreadful, awful
Example sentences
Filmul a fost groaznic.
The movie was terrible.
Vremea de azi e groaznică.
Today's weather is terrible.
Am avut un vis groaznic azi-noapte.
I had a terrible dream last night.
Accidentul a fost groaznic, dar nimeni nu a fost rănit grav.
The accident was terrible, but no one was seriously injured.
Condițiile de muncă din acea fabrică erau groaznice.
The working conditions in that factory were terrible.
E groaznic de greu să accepți o asemenea pierdere fără să te schimbe pentru totdeauna.
It is terribly hard to accept such a loss without it changing you forever.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | groaznic | groaznici |
| Genitive | groaznicului | groaznicilor |
| Accusative | groaznic | groaznici |
| Vocative | groaznicule | groaznicilor |
Word family
groazăhorror, dread
a îngrozito horrify, to terrify
îngrozitorhorrifying, appallinggroaznicterribly (used as intensifier, e.g. groaznic de scump)Etymology
Groaznic is built on the noun groază, meaning horror or dread, with the adjectival suffix -nic, which marks a quality of being full of or characterized by something. Groază itself comes from Old Church Slavonic groza, meaning terror or dread, a word Romanian absorbed during centuries of contact with Slavic-speaking neighbors. The same Slavic root survives in other Slavic languages with a shifted sense.
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