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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

“No more terrible disaster could befall your people,” a character warns, “than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.”

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021

Some people “have realized, ‘Wow, those jobs are more terrible than I realized,’ and they’re trying to switch to new activities,’” he said.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2021

No-one ever saw anything more terrible or beautiful.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis