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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, terrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, awe-inspiring, awful, creepy*, dire, frightening, frightful, shuddersome, terrible |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | terrible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, horrible |
| 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, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, inconvenient, loathsome, monstrous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, petrifying, poor, repulsive, revolting, rotten, serious, severe, shocking, unfortunate, unnerving, unpleasant, unwelcome, vile |
| Antonyms: | good, great, nice, wonderful |
| 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 |
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