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Adjective
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Worse or not as good in quality or state
worse
inferior
poorer
shoddier
direr
dodgier
grottier
hackier
junkier
lousier
poor
poxier
ropier
sadder
shabbier
sorrier
tawdrier
trashier
of inferior quality
of poorer quality
not as good as
not so good
not as good
not as favorable
not as nice
awfuller
terribler
badder
rottener
wretcheder
more ❯
“Then he raised his voice, with a dreadful effort at self-control.”
Adjective
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Comparative for shocking, especially in a manner tending to cause fear or dread
terribler
awfuller
horribler
ghastlier
direr
gruesomer
scarier
grislier
horrider
fearfuller
grimmer
dreader
spookier
creepier
gnarlier
eerier
unearthlier
hairier
ghostlier
grotesquer
gloomier
disgustinger
wretcheder
weirder
miserabler
graver
seriouser
woefuller
crueler
uglier
more appalling
more horrifying
more frightening
more frightful
more terrifying
more alarming
more horrendous
more hideous
more horrific
more fearsome
more macabre
more formidable
more forbidding
more intimidating
more nightmarish
more lurid
more direful
more harrowing
more unspeakable
more redoubtable
more terrific
more grewsome
more grievous
more hellacious
more godawful
more shuddersome
more ❯
“The dreadful sight of Pan and the still more dreadful noise he made so frightened the sheep that they fled in all directions.”
Adjective
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Comparative for extremely awful or disagreeable
disgustinger
nastier
horribler
fouler
awfuller
horrider
viler
terribler
unpleasanter
grosser
obscener
yuckier
ickier
badder
uglier
eviller
fulsomer
yukkier
grodier
ghastlier
gruesomer
beastlier
direr
grislier
grimmer
hatefuller
rottener
wretcheder
lousier
loathlier
more ❯
“Tipping it to her lips, she braced herself for the dreadful taste of whatever swamp water soldiers drank.”
Adjective
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Comparative for significant or extreme in degree or intensity
intenser
acuter
fiercer
terribler
deeper
heavier
violenter
keener
viciouser
harder
ghastlier
fearfuller
greater
extremer
severer
stronger
sharper
powerfuller
harsher
awfuller
seriouser
bitterer
wilder
torrider
shriller
rabider
painfuller
stormier
realer
graver
more profound
more ferocious
more excruciating
more almighty
more vehement
more blistering
more furious
more ❯
“I had to tell Richard I was unable to tolerate the dreadful pain any longer.”
Adjective
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Comparative for causing distress, sadness or anxiety
direr
woefuller
miserabler
grimmer
sadder
wretcheder
painfuller
unluckier
difficulter
bitterer
gloomier
pitifuller
bleaker
poorer
sombrerUK
sombererUS
unhappier
dolefuler
drearier
sorrier
moroser
nastier
glummer
drabber
colder
terribler
awfuller
badder
graver
adverser
more ❯
“The vizier laid before his master the dreadful news of a general revolt, both of his troops and provinces in the south.”
Adjective
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Comparative for characterized by wickedness or brutality
wickeder
viler
eviller
horribler
baser
viciouser
fouler
crueler
hatefuller
nastier
ghastlier
badder
darker
blacker
disgustinger
rottener
beastlier
violenter
unholier
dastardlier
fiercer
perverser
bloodthirstier
bloodier
terribler
awfuller
grimmer
wilder
harsher
grosser
more abominable
more atrocious
more heinous
more monstrous
more odious
more appalling
more shameful
more loathsome
more outrageous
more villainous
more nefarious
more scandalous
more abhorrent
more detestable
more disgraceful
more infamous
more contemptible
more diabolical
more iniquitous
more despicable
more fiendish
more reprehensible
more ❯
“The dreadful tyrant of cruel rod brings ruin upon himself by frightful deeds.”
Adjective
▲
Comparative for very serious or urgent in nature
seriouser
direr
graver
severer
acuter
terribler
awfuller
badder
extremer
greater
sorer
weightier
intenser
heavier
more critical
more urgent
more pressing
more imperative
more exigent
more crucial
more burning
more compelling
more desperate
more vital
more drastic
more clamant
more importunate
more precarious
more necessitous
more important
more profound
more parlous
more alarming
more ❯
“It was only with the conviction she was deeply conflicted by some dreadful issue that I hung in there with her.”
Adjective
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Comparative for having an ugly or frightening appearance
grotesquer
gruesomer
uglier
disgustinger
grislier
uncomelier
unlovelier
ghastlier
viler
horribler
horrider
homelier
terribler
obscener
fuglier
nastier
grosser
beastlier
plainer
unpleasanter
weirder
grimmer
fouler
freakier
awfuller
unseemlier
more hideous
more freakish
more misshapen
more monstrous
more deformed
more frightening
more miscreated
more unappealing
more unattractive
more unbeautiful
more unhandsome
more unpleasing
more unpretty
more unsightly
more ❯
“Instead of recoiling in dismay from the dreadful and misshapen forms, a minority of observers began to view them with a sort of fearful fascination.”
Adjective
▲
Comparative for to an absolute degree
completer
sheerer
purer
perfecter
ranker
starker
arranter
fairer
simpler
cleaner
flatter
deader
deadlier
blanker
verier
realer
extremer
wholer
plainer
fuller
grosser
clearer
directer
supremer
straighter
firmer
merer
intenser
surer
wider
more ❯
“I'm afraid I've made a dreadful mess of things, Gregory. I simply couldn't help myself.”
Adjective
▲
Comparative for unreasonably or absurdly extreme in degree or extent
absurder
unearthlier
unholier
horrider
stranger
more horrendous
more outrageous
more ridiculous
more unreasonable
more abnormal
more extraordinary
more preposterous
more ungodly
more unbelievable
more intolerable
“In those dreadful early hours of the morning, when life ebbed to its lowest point, hope kept me going.”
Adjective
▲
Comparative for inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong
eviller
wickeder
viler
horribler
baser
fouler
ghastlier
gruesomer
terribler
grislier
awfuller
beastlier
nastier
horrider
obscener
more monstrous
more atrocious
more fiendish
more heinous
more inhuman
more abominable
more diabolical
more nefarious
more immoral
more villainous
more depraved
more iniquitous
more appalling
more despicable
more horrifying
more devilish
more hideous
more odious
more horrific
more outrageous
more shameful
more contemptible
more horrendous
more macabre
more frightful
more abhorrent
more unspeakable
more hellish
more egregious
more disgraceful
more scandalous
more bestial
more flagitious
more infamous
more loathsome
more nightmarish
more satanic
more lurid
more morbid
more grewsome
more terrific
more aberrant
more intolerable
more ominous
Adjective
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Comparative for having the feeling that one is about to vomit
queasier
sicker
peakier
badder
lousier
rougher
crummier
funnier
rottener
queerer
sicklier
terribler
awfuller
dizzier
giddier
woozier
groggier
rockier
grottier
ropier
seedier
fainter
unhealthier
punker
queazier
horribler
uglier
qualmier
weaker
greener
more ill
more nauseous
more unwell
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Comparative for disturbing in nature due to references to death or dying
gruesomer
ghastlier
grimmer
grislier
horrider
unearthlier
gloomier
horribler
wretcheder
darker
eerier
sombererUS
sombrerUK
ghostlier
gorier
grotesquer
shadowier
scarier
shadier
spookier
more distressing
more macabre
more morbid
more hideous
more frightening
more frightful
more horrific
more lurid
more horrifying
more nightmarish
more terrifying
more fearsome
more funereal
more monstrous
more sepulchral
more grewsome
more chilling
more spookish
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