schrecklich
Translation
terrible, awful, horrible, dreadful
Examples
Das Wetter ist heute schrecklich.
The weather is terrible today.
Er hatte einen schrecklichen Unfall.
He had a terrible accident.
Grammar Patterns
((Adjective)) + Noun (attributive) terrible ... Er hatte einen schrecklichen Unfall.
Noun + sein + ((Adjective)) (predicative) ... is terrible Das Wetter ist schrecklich.
Similar Words
Synonyms: furchtbar, entsetzlich; Antonyms: wunderbar, herrlich
Etymology
Derived from 'der Schrecken' (terror, fright) with the adjectival suffix '-lich'.
Memory Tips
It sounds a bit like 'shriek-ly'. Imagine something so terrible it makes you shriek.