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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brutal |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, beastly, boorish, brutish, cruel, depraved, feral, inhuman, savage |
| Antonyms: | generous, gentle, humane, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | horrendous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | terrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, appalling, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, beastly, dangerous, desperate, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dread, dreaded, dreadful, extreme, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, hateful, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrifyin |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
| Main Entry: | horrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bloodcurdling, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hair-raising, heinous, hideous, horrific, loathsome, lou |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bloodcurdling, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hair-raising, heinous, hideous, horrid, loathsome, lousy |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incommunicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | indefinable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | inexpressible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unspeakable |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, beastly, beyond words, calamitous, defying description, description, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, fearful, frightening, frightful, heinous, horrible, horrid, incommunicable, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inhuman, loathsome, monstrous, nameless, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, overwhelming, preternatural, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, unbelievable, undescribable, unimaginable, unutterable |
| Main Entry: | ogreish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fiendish |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, beastly, brutish, cruel, demonic, demonical, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, evil, ghoulish, hellish, infernal, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, sadistic, satanic, satanical, savage, vicious, wicked |
| Main Entry: | satanical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fiendish |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, beastly, brutish, cruel, demonic, demonical, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, evil, ghoulish, hellish, infernal, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, ogreish, sadistic, satanic, savage, vicious, wicked |
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