No. 1,938 in Turkish
korkunç
Terrifying; horrible; dreadful.
In a sentence
Bu film gerçekten korkunçtu.
This movie was really scary.
In this sentence, the word "korkunç" is used to describe something scary or frightening, which is a typical usage.
Bugün hava korkunç derecede soğuk.
Today the weather is terribly cold.
Here "korkunç" is employed to emphasize the extremely unpleasant level of coldness, extending its meaning to 'extremely' or 'terribly' in terms of intensity.
Onun korkunç bir hatası vardı.
He made a terrible mistake.
In this context, the word "korkunç" is used to describe something very bad or dreadful, showing its versatility in usage.
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