Vocab: hirmuäratav

frightening

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frightening; fearsome; dreadful; something that creates or instills fear, makes you feel uneasy, or startles you; extremely big, enormous, vast; alarming

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Building blocks

• hirmu - genitive form of the noun "hirm," which means "fear."

• -äratav- - from the verb "äratama," which means "to wake" or "to awaken"

Together, "hirmuäratav" literally means "fear-awakening" or "fear-arousing," which is used to describe something as "terrifying" or "frightening."

How to use it:

Here are a few ways the word “hirmuäratav” can be used ⬇️

1. Frightening or Terrifying Situation

   • Pimedast metsast kostuv ulgumine oli hirmuäratav.

     • Translation: The howling coming from the dark forest was terrifying.

2. Very Big/Vast (in a negative or alarming sense):

   • Linnastumise tempo võtab hirmuäratavaid mõõtmeid.

     • Translation: The pace of urbanization is reaching alarming proportions.

Examples

Küberrünnakute hulk kasvab hirmuäratava kiirusega

Literally: “Cyberattacks amount grows alarming rate-with”

Idiomatically: “The number of cyberattacks is growing at an alarming rate“

Küberrünnakute - Noun - Genitive Pl, "Cyberattacks"
hulk - Noun - Nominative Sg, "amount"
kasvab - Verb - 3P Present Sg, "grows"
hirmuäratava - Adjective - Genitive Sg, "alarming"
kiirusega - Noun - Comitative Sg, "with rate"