dreadful

But this is splitting hairs when everything else swirling around them is so utterly dreadful.

In fact, before this race even ended up in the dreadful place it did, I was finding the celebrity alliances off-putting.

Or signs of that other dreadful A-word … aging?

"We will continue to listen carefully to the community as we address this dreadful scandal."

"It's been dreadful. It's probably been the hardest year in my life. So, trying to get through everything else and keep everything on track has been really difficult," he said after being asked how his year has been after a difficult year for the Royal Family.