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most terrible

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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He became "the victim of a most terrible miscarriage of justice", jurors have heard, and he was freed in December 2020 when an appeal against his conviction was granted by the Court of Appeal.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Believe it or not, this isn’t the most terrible wrongdoing that was transformed into a storyline.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

A survivor who has suffered the most terrible trauma ever has to heal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2024

It was, Kukhar said quietly in an interview at Bellevue’s International Ballet Academy last month, “the most terrible days of our lives.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

But the most terrible of the afflictions were men and women with leprosy.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan