schrecklich
Translation
terrible, awful, horrible, dreadful
Examples
Das Wetter ist schrecklich.
The weather is terrible.
Er hat schrecklich Hunger.
He is terribly hungry.
Der Film war einfach schrecklich.
The movie was simply awful.
Grammar Patterns
((predicative)) to be terrible The weather is schrecklich.
((adverbial)) terribly, awfully I'm schrecklich sorry.
Similar Words
Synonyms: furchtbar, entsetzlich; Antonyms: wunderbar, herrlich
Etymology
From 'der Schreck' (fright, terror) + the adjective-forming suffix '-lich'.
Memory Tips
The German word 'Schreck' sounds a bit like the English 'shriek'. Imagine a shriek of terror to remember its meaning.