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Word - rootword - affixes
kuyawan - kuyaw - -an~
ku.ya.wan. - 3 syllables

-an = kuyawan
kuyawan

kuyawan [ku.ya.wan.] : dread (v.)
kuyaw [ku.yaw.] : dreadful (adj.); frightful (adj.)

Derivatives of kuyaw


Glosses:
dread
n. (feeling)1. apprehension, apprehensiveness, dreadfearful expectation or anticipation.; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
~ fear, fearfulness, frightan emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
~ trepidationa feeling of alarm or dread.
~ boding, foreboding, premonition, presentimenta feeling of evil to come.; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
~ suspenseapprehension about what is going to happen.
~ gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombrenessa feeling of melancholy apprehension.
~ pall, chilla sudden numbing dread.
v. (emotion)2. dread, fearbe afraid or scared of; be frightened of.; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
~ panicbe overcome by a sudden fear.; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"
adj. 3. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terriblecausing fear or dread or terror.; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
~ alarmingfrightening because of an awareness of danger.
frightful
adj. 1. atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, uglyprovoking horror.; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"; "an ugly wound"
~ alarmingfrightening because of an awareness of danger.
adj. 2. awful, frightful, terrible, tremendousextreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
~ colloquialisma colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
~ extraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
adj. 3. fearful, frightfulextremely distressing.; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
~ badhaving undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"