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ADJECTIVE

bad, horrible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abhorrent appalling atrocious awesome awful dangerous dire disastrous disturbing dreadful extreme frightful ghastly gruesome harrowing hideous horrendous horrid horrifying serious severe shocking unfortunate unpleasant

WEAK

awe-inspiring beastly desperate dread dreaded fearful hateful inconvenient loathsome monstrous obnoxious odious offensive petrifying poor repulsive revolting rotten unnerving unwelcome vile

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beautiful calming comforting delightful fortunate good happy inoffensive lucky mild nice pleasant pleasing trivial unimportant wonderful

WEAK

great

Example Sentences

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The following day brought even more terrible news - a nuclear power plant was in crisis.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

Unfortunately, the answer to the mystery is far more terrible than "a lot of people have bad taste."

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022

Each has a secret, or several secrets, some more terrible than others, and in the way of plays like this, all will be revealed before the ship docks.

From New York Times • May 22, 2022

The thought then of what my mind would supply in place of what was behind me was more terrible than the thought of turning, and I turned.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

“I—I am, Madam. I hope you will excuse any—er—liberty these naughty children may have taken. I assure you, there was no intention—” “You?” said the Queen in a still more terrible voice.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis