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1) terrible; dreadful (awful)

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Meaning:
awful

terrible; dreadful

very bad; terrible

bad

not pleasant or enjoyable

poor quality

creepy

feeling or causing fear

nasty, scary

deathly

like death

suggesting end of life

disastrous

causing disaster

detrimental, devastating

flagrant

(of a crime etc) openly and obviously wicked

flaunting, blatant; without shame

formidable

causing fear or anxiety; difficult to deal with or overcome

horrible, terrifying

frightful

causing fear; dreadful; very unpleasant

offensive

grievous

severe

severe, painful; serious

grisly

causing horror or terror

horrifying

hideous

filling the mind with horror

grotesque, horrible

horrendous

extremely unpleasant

terrible

horrible

causing extreme disgust, fear etc

unpleasant

horrid

unpleasant

offensive

horrific

horrifying

horrible

indefinable

that cannot be defined or put in words

unspeakable

inexpressible

that cannot be put into words

unspeakable

insufferable

unbearable

horrible, intolerable

macabre

horrible, causing fear (because suggesting death)

eerie; deathlike

monstrous

of a large size and strange shape; causing horror and disgust

unnatural, shocking

morbid

having, showing, an interest in horrible, unhealthy or depressing thing

gloomy, nasty, sickly

offensive

very unpleasant; causing offence; used for, connected with, attacking

disrespectful, insulting; displeasing

shocking

very bad or wrong; causing shock; severe

outrageous; very surprising

terrible

causing great fear or horror; causing great discomfort; extreme; extremely bad

bad, horrible

terrific

very good; very great; extreme

intense

tragic

of tragedy; very sad or unfortunate

catastrophic, very bad

tremendous

extremely large, great, powerful; excellent

huge, overwhelming

unspeakable

that cannot be expressed or described in words

very bad; beyond description

weird

unnatural; strange; very unusual

odd, bizarre

woeful

very sad; extreme and bad

terrible, sad

DREADFUL as in Wiktionary
DREADFUL as in Wikipedia