"affreux" meaning in French

See affreux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /a.fʁø/ Audio: Fr-affreux.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: affreuse [feminine], affreux [masculine, plural], affreuses [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ø Etymology: From affre (“great fear”) + -eux. See affres. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|affre|-eux|gloss1=great fear}} affre (“great fear”) + -eux Head templates: {{fr-adj}} affreux (feminine affreuse, masculine plural affreux, feminine plural affreuses)
  1. frightful, causing fear Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-affreux-fr-adj-LLCYu7ws Disambiguation of Appearance: 40 42 18 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -eux Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 66 14 20 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -eux: 63 37 0
  2. terrible, rubbish, awful Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-affreux-fr-adj-f0xi6et2 Disambiguation of Appearance: 40 42 18
  3. repulsive Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-affreux-fr-adj-SoDRcEPa Disambiguation of Appearance: 40 42 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: affreusement

Inflected forms

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