grozav
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian грозав (grozav).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
grozav m or n (feminine singular grozavă, masculine plural grozavi, feminine and neuter plural grozave)
- terrific, great, exceptional, tremendous, scrumptious, awesome, lush, copacetic
- terrible, awful, dreadful, atrocious, horrible
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grozav
Usage notes edit
While this word has different senses that sometimes mean essentially the opposite thing, and is etymologically related to words like groază and groaznic that are negative, it is more commonly used in a positive way today. Compare the semantic development of English awful-awesome, terrible-terrific. It is also used as an intensifier which can go either way.