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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fairy, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrid, loathsome, lousy, lurid, mean, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, scary, shameful, shocking, sickie, terrible, terrifying, ungodly, unholy, unkind |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
| Antonyms: | pleasant |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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