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Adjective
▲
Causing dismay, horror, or revulsion
horrible
terrible
awful
horrifying
shocking
dreadful
horrific
ghastly
hideous
frightful
horrendous
atrocious
dire
harrowing
nightmarish
abominable
alarming
frightening
grim
grisly
gruesome
monstrous
scaring
shameful
terrifying
unspeakable
vile
abhorrent
daunting
dismaying
fearful
horrid
intimidating
outrageous
astounding
disgusting
hateful
heinous
loathsome
odious
unnerving
abject
distressing
godawful
grewsome
lurid
macabre
nightmare
petrifying
repellent
revolting
sickening
terrific
tremendous
unforgivable
unpardonable
disheartening
egregious
hellacious
nauseating
repugnant
repulsive
bad
formidable
grody
grotesque
heavy
inexcusable
mean
upsetting
from hell
more ❯
“The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by low quality or standard
dreadful
awful
atrocious
deplorable
disgraceful
frightful
hopeless
lamentable
shameful
shocking
terrible
crummy
inadequate
inferior
laughable
pathetic
poor
rotten
substandard
unsatisfactory
woeful
abhorrent
abominable
abysmal
dire
disgusting
distasteful
duff
evil
foul
fulsome
God-awful
gross
hideous
horrendous
horrible
horrid
loathsome
lousy
nasty
nauseating
nauseous
noisome
noxious
obnoxious
obscene
odious
offensive
pitiful
pits
poxy
rancid
repellant
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
revolting
scandalous
sickening
ugly
useless
very bad
chronic
hellacious
pants
unscrupulous
heartbreaking
bush-league
feeble
very unpleasant
notorious
jerry-built
not up to par
hack
tacky
off
irritating
amateurish
shady
unrespectable
louche
shy
déclassé
dislikeable
slimy
unholy
bodger
ineffectual
ungodly
grimy
from hell
crumby
meagreUK
unlovely
unclean
harsh
yukky
uncongenial
meagerUS
bitter
poison
beyond contempt
less-than-stellar
wack
shameless
not much cop
harmful
harrowing
unlawful
unrighteous
indecent
low-end
knavish
dastardly
godforsaken
gut-wrenching
depressing
perverse
debauched
emetic
inglorious
careless
uncomfortable
mournful
unwanted
unsightly
impure
afflictive
valueless
pestilential
inadmissible
unsuitable
ineffective
weak
lacking
polluted
insupportable
dislikable
poisonous
bush
smudged
bedraggled
befouled
smutty
sullied
bemired
dusty
uncleanly
draggled
muddy
illegal
stained
mucky
besmirched
unfair
blackened
unsportsmanlike
dingy
begrimed
soiled
unlikable
tinhorn
garbage
pestiferous
god-awful
pesky
unbearable
no good
scurrilous
unlucky
strictly for the birds
underhanded
unfavourableUK
poorly
poor quality
off-color
unfavorableUS
malevolent
rough
deceitful
heartrending
perverted
unpopular
fiendish
devilish
distressful
tremendous
infernal
dissolute
tragical
bungling
melancholy
treacherous
alarming
negligent
desperate
hated
unseemly
reprobate
snide
currish
flagrant
miscreant
censurable
catastrophic
unconscionable
indecorous
troublesome
horrific
loathed
reeking
adverse
piss-poor
rude
low-minded
unpardonable
immodest
improper
scungy
cursed
confounded
biting
cutting
unsought
inexpedient
gnarly
unhealthy
caitiff
not up to standard
unjustifiable
accursed
impaired
weak sauce
yecchy
very poor
questionable
half-pie
tasteless
galling
raunchy
restricted
no-good
ridiculous
impermissible
for the birds
downer
bummer
hateable
derisory
from hunger
cheap and nasty
no great shakes
ornery
a dead loss
irremediable
of a sort
unable to do something for toffee
off-colour
crook
off colour
out of sorts
chastening
inclement
undesired
thoughtless
satanic
tricky
unhappy
despisable
untoward
slovenly
irksome
excruciating
detested
glaring
sinister
sickly
catty
ill-advised
tainted
diseased
malicious
meanspirited
disrespectful
preposterous
senseless
culpable
abominated
despised
execrated
dishonest
untrustworthy
twopenny-halfpenny
discouraging
vexatious
too bad
foolish
chunderous
crooked
tough
disconcerting
repelling
spiteful
naff
amiss
slipshod
sneaky
malignant
deceptive
crass
graceless
disdainable
ill-famed
forbidding
uncool
ill
impertinent
abusive
insolent
discourteous
ropey
dissipated
well below par
throwaway
overwhelming
dolorous
commonplace
dreary
brackish
rocky
woozy
scabrous
unfit
inefficient
reduced
limited
mortifying
remiss
worst
ill-reputed
offending
brummagem
twopenny
amoral
stupid
end-of-the-pier
bleak
serious
hurtful
deleterious
pernicious
injurious
mischievous
reviled
impotent
little
ill-favouredUK
desolate
dismaying
dreaded
disliked
broken
inexpert
baneful
unwholesome
very disgusting
pill
heel
flavorlessUS
insipid
painful
flavourlessUK
yicky
savorless
flat
cataclysmic
surfeiting
sleazeball
macabre
squicky
cloying
scuzzy
blah
insubstantial
sparing
inappreciable
inconsiderable
cheapie
unattractive
vitiated
wanton
bent
venal
second-best
deadly
insalutary
dangerous
inconsistent
hostile
incompatible
contradictory
opposed
gloomy
sombreUK
cheerless
drab
inappropriate
good-for-naught
no-count
meritless
no-account
unwished-for
not good
erroneous
not the best
diddly
bad news
fallacious
eye-watering
averse
antipathetic
inimical
antagonistic
piddling
unimpressive
mercenary
faithless
perfidious
joyless
piteous
solemn
somberUS
disheartening
sullen
morose
drear
bothersome
detrimental
scorned
inconvenient
shunned
outcast
incommodious
disadvantageous
uninvited
rejected
dubious
unreasonable
extremely bad
ill-favoredUS
second class
unfriendly
against
opposite
alien
extrinsic
counter
extraneous
unconformable
different
revulsive
unfitted
foreign
silly
rueful
affecting
absurd
ludicrous
foolish-looking
cheap-jack
condemnable
cheapo
out
beneath contempt
below contempt
unbecoming
bribable
warped
inacceptable
unappealing
reject
low-life
dirty rotten
reeky
ribald
intemperate
lewd
drunken
profligate
carnal
forlorn
depressive
impoverished
sepulchral
indigent
glum
comfortless
incapable
in opposition
unwished for
not cutting it
musty
stenchy
strong
high
fusty
under-strength
blasted
not cricket
won't do
half-baked
of low quality
out of order
not on
second rate
of poor quality
over the fence
not quite the done thing
lowest of the low
rock-bottom
the dumps
frowzy
frowsy
miasmic
frowsty
inproficient
unproficient
to be avoided
out of place
pigpen
ripe
debased
freaking
cussed
darned
cotton-picking
infuriating
doggoned
durn
doggone
goddamned
deuced
curst
danged
durned
exasperating
dang
darn
unable to do something to save one's life
diabolic
blimming
degraded
abandoned
forbidden
taboo
prohibited
proscribed
interdicted
banned
ineffable
censored
sorrowful
grave
indescribable
unutterable
unprintable
X-rated
impolite
frowned on
disapproved of
out of bounds
off limits
hurting
unmentionable
off-limits
not to be spoken of
no go
that dare not speak its name
craptacular
more ❯
“The story is part love story, part comedy of self-justification, and part a chronicle of an appalling crime.”
Adjective
▲
Causing great public interest and excitement
sensational
amazing
horrifying
scandalous
shocking
staggering
startling
thrilling
exciting
electrifying
astonishing
dramatic
lurid
remarkable
revealing
sensationalistic
stirring
breathtaking
catchpenny
eye-popping
fascinating
gee-whiz
important
interesting
notable
noteworthy
screaming
sensationalist
significant
spectacular
astounding
buzzworthy
hair-raising
historic
melodramatic
momentous
newsworthy
shock-horror
yellow
coarse
colouredUK
coloredUS
conspicuous
emotional
excessive
extravagant
livid
marked
noticeable
piquant
pointed
prominent
pungent
rough
salient
signal
stimulating
sultry
tabloid
vulgar
X-rated
current
contemporary
popular
recent
pressing
up-to-date
timely
trendy
up-to-the-minute
thematic
modern
nominal
subjective
up to date
in the news
up to the minute
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very great in amount, scale, or intensity
tremendous
huge
enormous
immense
colossal
vast
gigantic
mammoth
monstrous
prodigious
titanic
massive
whopping
gargantuan
monumental
stupendous
towering
cosmic
giant
mighty
grand
humongous
humungous
jumbo
substantial
astounding
astronomic
astronomical
epic
great
herculean
large
mega
monster
overwhelming
mountainous
super
awful
bumper
extraordinary
formidable
leviathan
whacking
dreadful
ginormous
heroic
heroical
hulking
oceanic
pharaonic
supersized
thumping
walloping
cosmical
cyclopean
elephantine
fearful
frightful
galactic
gigantesque
mondo
planetary
supersize
terrible
vasty
whopper
Herculean
super-duper
thumping great
king-size
king-sized
oversized
very great
Brobdingnagian
great big
Himalayan
whacking great
whopping great
king size
dazzling
courtly
pompous
plush
ritzy
formal
aristocratic
posh
staid
celebrated
bright
deluxe
fab
splendacious
magnolious
smashing
esteemed
radiant
famous
bombastic
honoredUS
triumphant
honouredUK
pretentious
gratifying
shining
ceremonial
ceremonious
high-flown
imperious
gracious
magisterial
elaborate
bold
showy
famed
noted
splendrous
effulgent
delightful
well-known
time-honored
costly
celebratory
high-rise
pleasurable
acclaimed
glittering
classy
fustian
fashionable
high rise
brave
expensive
stylish
rising
raised
flashy
respected
high-reaching
splashy
flash
high-minded
ascending
inflated
smart
admirable
daring
intrepid
arduous
mythological
highfalutin'
egotistic
graceful
impenetrable
dynamite
high-falutin'
high-flying
upraised
alpine
uplifted
fit for a king
steady
bonny
uplifting
distingué
enjoyable
grandiloquent
Miltonian
picturesque
amazeballs
splendent
choice
high-sounding
high-born
orotund
legendary
classical
utopian
luxuriant
ornate
deliberate
measured
godlike
rarefied
slow-moving
fit for a prince
dressy
high-ranking
highfaluting
conventional
fit for a queen
fit for a princess
swish
plushy
swank
effective
penetrating
absorbing
decent-sized
maxi
palatian
forcible
colorfulUS
adored
hallowed
prestigious
maestoso
magnifico
flamboyant
overblown
chic
extra large
purple
complex
theatrical
unsparing
monarchial
monarchical
monarchic
monarchal
sonorous
fairly large
solid gold
colourfulUK
gaudy
billowing
decorous
eloquent
very good
sensible
highly regarded
baggy
victory
commemorative
marathon
cool
of repute
of distinction
queenlike
full-dress
reserved
fateful
landmark
ideal
well-proportioned
Junoesque
sedate
upright
of high standing
well thought of
one for the book
blissful
rapturous
perfect
featureless
immovable
intractable
faceless
characterless
spacey
loose-fitting
highbrow
composed
something to write home about
on a grand scale
overambitious
unrealistic
pivotal
fulfilling
groundbreaking
snazzy
poised
modish
shapely
trim
quality
sombreUK
refined
somberUS
couth
starchy
nifty
sundry
simple
multitudinous
various
legion
several
convoluted
many
multifarious
swelling
covering
consistent
transcendental
sacred
inspiring
inspirational
holy
spiritual
abstract
cheering
satisfying
rewarding
epochal
red-letter
heart-warming
very long
real
key
snappy
schmick
sharp
too much
the most
self-respecting
firm
sound
touching
affecting
just so
useful
durable
principal
too good to be true
well proportioned
tall and dignified
high fashion
hard
demanding
official
triumphal
challenging
difficult
big-deal
major-league
exacting
ritual
gee-whizz
highly impressive
aggressive
tough
strenuous
ritualistic
public
trying
onerous
industrious
exhausting
taxing
state
liturgical
toilsome
set
prescribed
energetic
visionary
hellish
killing
knackering
sacramental
courageous
traditional
mannered
stylized
studied
high-pressure
valiant
fearless
doughty
valorous
undaunted
dauntless
gutsy
audacious
unafraid
lionhearted
indomitable
stouthearted
plucky
stout-hearted
mettlesome
chivalrous
greathearted
exaggerated
rock-ribbed
spunky
venturesome
gutty
undauntable
manful
venturous
ballsy
feisty
lion-hearted
fire-eating
champion
gritty
impavid
stand tall
bigger than life
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fill with horror
flooring
jolting
shocking
affrighting
alarming
amazing
astounding
awing
aweing
consternating
daunting
depressing
disconcerting
disgusting
disheartening
dismaying
distressing
fazing
frightening
horrifying
insulting
intimidating
outraging
petrifying
scandalisingUK
scandalizingUS
scaring
shaking
sickening
terrifying
throwing
unnerving
upsetting
shaking up
getting to
grossing out
knocking for a loop
pestering
nagging
baiting
hassling
bugging
molesting
abusing
making nervous
teasing
riding roughshod over
bossing about
bossing around
mistreating
eating
subjugating
exploiting
overbearing
fleecing
blackmailing
heckling
bedevillingUK
devilling
deviling
bedevilingUS
inhibiting
exasperating
needling
bleeding
attacking
putting someone off their stroke
dissuading
preying on
taking advantage of
maltreating
giving someone a hard time
cheating
swindling
kicking around
warning
goading
cautioning
making anxious
pushing
dominating
chivvying
nettling
dogging
weakening
aggrieving
despotizing
brutalisingUK
brutalizingUS
niggling
peeving
heavying
misusing
riling
aggravating
enervating
enfeebling
issuing threats to
narking
chafing
grating
frosting
getting
rasping
itching
galling
spiting
griping
piquing
putting heat on
discombobulating
putting out
hunting
burning up
pursuing
hacking off
ill-treating
ill-using
putting into a flap
throwing into a tizz
giving a hard time
extorting
rattling one's cage
working on
causing someone to lose their composure
walking all over
driving up the wall
hogging
treading on
trampling on
staring down
putting off balance
outstaring
outfacing
kicking about
standing up to
barbarizing
vandalizingUS
emasculating
putting someone off
disempowering
pushing someone around
giving someone hell
swaggering
castigating
taunting
chivying
vandalisingUK
hindering
stirring
pressing
lording it over
twisting somebody's arm
making one's teeth chatter
making someone jump out of his skin
scaring the living daylights out of someone
brainwashing
prodding
hustling
miffing
disarming
manhandling
influencing
persuading
putting through the wringer
putting the chill on
making worried
blinding someone with something
overpowering
furbelowing
exciting
wearing
frilling
disrupting
winding up
getting across
stumping
fretting
throwing into tizzy
fuddling
abrading
taking someone's breath away
hoodwinking
tricking
bringing pressure to bear on
stressing
torturing
mishandling
harrowing
talking out of
undermining
uncalming
sapping
making uneasy
jeoparding
imperillingUK
endangering
periling
adventuring
jeopardizingUS
venturing
risking
compromising
imperilingUS
hazarding
putting pressure on
using pressure on
prevailing on
acting on
destabilizingUS
unbalancing
baffling
distressing greatly
throwing off
setting back
press-ganging
putting the squeeze on
putting under an obligation
fast-talking
putting the screws on
riding roughshod
catching
mithering
stressing out
beleaguering
conning
carping
straining
giving a bad time
breathing down someone's neck
despoiling
paining
burning
driving round the bend
macerating
foraying
gnawing
giving someone grief
driving round the twist
keeping on at
jerking around
noodging
fulminating
admonishing
growling
snarling
forewarning
scowling
comminating
destabilisingUK
blinding
putting down
treating harshly
gambling with
looming
impending
portending
lowering
jeopardisingUK
scolding
criticizingUS
playing the heavy with
messing over
chiding
manipulating
flexing muscles
making threats to
threatening to harm
making threats against
threatening to kill
looking daggers
making threat
wringing
uttering threats to
whipping around
berating
picking at
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
squeezing
seizing
depredating
burdening
loading
preoccupying
living on
devouring
raiding
plundering
killing
feeding on
consuming
living off
taxing
haunting
pulling the rug from under
enslaving
pecking at
criticisingUK
henpecking
shaking fist at
pulling the rug out from under
making afraid
making jump
making fearful
giving someone a fright
making someone's hair stand on end
living off the backs of
taking for a ride
playing on
stepping on
ripping off
putting one over on
walking over
sucking dry
withholding rights from
treating unfairly
imposing on
wronging
crucifying
beating
exiling
injuring
expelling
finding fault
scaring hell out of
singling out
sticking the knife into
getting the knife into
more ❯
“The cloud crowned cliff did not appall my high-reaching eye.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shock or be shocked by improper behaviour
scandalisingUK
scandalizingUS
disgusting
offending
outraging
shocking
horrifying
affronting
nauseating
repelling
revolting
sickening
calumniating
displeasing
insulting
smearing
aspersing
backbiting
bad-mouthing
belying
belittling
blackballing
blackguarding
condemning
decrying
defaming
denigrating
deprecating
detracting
disgracing
dishonouringUK
dishonoringUS
dismaying
disparaging
embarrassing
lampooning
libellingUK
libelingUS
maligning
reviling
slandering
traducing
vilifying
causing raised eyebrows
giving offence to
raising eyebrows amongst
causing a few raised eyebrows amongst
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to be ineffective or immobilized
paralysingUK
paralyzingUS
crippling
disabling
hamstringing
immobilisingUK
immobilizingUS
incapacitating
prostrating
anaesthetizingUK
anesthetizingUS
arresting
astounding
bemusing
benumbing
closing
daunting
dazing
deadening
debilitating
demolishing
destroying
disarming
enfeebling
freezing
halting
laming
nonplussing
numbing
palsying
petrifying
stunning
stupefying
transfixing
weakening
knocking out
making inert
making nerveless
shutting down
stopping dead
bringing to grinding halt
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mentally worry or torment
haunting
plaguing
obsessing
tormenting
troubling
besetting
disturbing
worrying
bedevilingUS
bedevillingUK
besieging
burdening
oppressing
beleaguering
possessing
torturing
bugging
recurring
agitating
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
annoying
bothering
discomfiting
disquieting
gnawing at
harassing
harrowing
hounding
infesting
maddening
nagging at
nettling
preoccupying
preying on
racking
vexing
weighing on
coming back to
weighing heavily on
lying heavy on
staying with
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