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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 more "terrible" the joke, he says the better.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022

The joke is not so much that Jay is, according to Bran, “a supremely untalented dancer,” but that mainstream artists are inherently more terrible.

From Washington Post • May 27, 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

Beau whined back and slid a couple more terrible inches away.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart