Usage Note
Affreux is the masculine form; the feminine is affreuse. It is stronger than mauvais and conveys genuine horror or disgust. The adverb affreusement ('awfully') is commonly used as an intensifier in informal speech: affreusement cher ('dreadfully expensive').
Examples
"Ce bruit est vraiment affreux."
Natural Translation
That noise is truly awful.

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