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What is another word for
dreadful
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Shocking, especially in a manner tending to cause fear or dread
Extremely awful or disagreeable
Very bad or lackluster in standard or quality
Significant or extreme in degree or intensity
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
Characterized by wickedness or brutality
Very serious or urgent in nature
Having an ugly or frightening appearance
To an absolute degree
Unreasonably or absurdly extreme in degree or extent
Very bad or unpleasant, especially to the senses
Unwell or in ill health
Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive
Impossible to tolerate
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Adjective
▲
Shocking, especially in a manner tending to cause fear or dread
terrible
awful
horrible
appalling
shocking
horrifying
ghastly
frightening
frightful
terrifying
alarming
dire
horrendous
hideous
horrific
gruesome
scary
fearsome
grisly
macabre
horrid
fearful
grim
formidable
forbidding
intimidating
nightmarish
lurid
direful
harrowing
unspeakable
redoubtable
dread
terrific
grewsome
nightmare
spooky
creepy
grievous
hellacious
godawful
gnarly
shuddersome
spine-chilling
hair-raising
from hell
monstrous
atrocious
chilling
eerie
distressing
petrifying
abominable
daunting
loathsome
disgusting
revolting
disturbing
unnerving
sickening
sinister
repulsive
offensive
morbid
repugnant
vile
disquieting
wretched
bad
outrageous
scaring
execrable
odious
grotesque
repellent
heinous
bloodcurdling
grave
upsetting
startling
nasty
beastly
unearthly
ominous
menacing
gloomy
evil
dismaying
calamitous
detestable
abhorrent
foul
perturbing
blood-curdling
threatening
hairy
obnoxious
insufferable
ghostly
dismal
gross
unpleasant
sick
spookish
weird
miserable
unsettling
spine-tingling
gory
traumatic
distasteful
disconcerting
worrying
ugly
unutterable
baleful
dark
nauseating
serious
deplorable
lousy
hateful
severe
agitating
abysmal
disheartening
inhuman
dreaded
bodeful
indescribable
bleak
sepulchral
funereal
woeful
ghoulish
dangerous
depressing
eldritch
lamentable
egregious
cruel
overwhelming
savage
nauseous
obscene
sombre
UK
somber
US
vicious
bloody
troubling
awesome
cold
troublesome
shadowy
unfortunate
irksome
discomforting
pitiless
solemn
God-awful
gut-churning
shady
objectionable
disagreeable
distressful
unpalatable
stressful
awe-inspiring
scandalous
extreme
parlous
critical
foreboding
oppressing
tremendous
death-obsessed
wicked
brutal
hellish
galling
rancid
repellant
noisome
fulsome
noxious
tenebrous
hostile
eery
imposing
brooding
unhealthy
mean-looking
feared
sick-making
disgraceful
worrisome
haunting
agonizing
US
torturous
desperate
poor
difficult
uncomfortable
doleful
bitter
harsh
stupefying
terrorizing
US
rotten
violent
astounding
fierce
unpardonable
abject
unforgivable
heartstopping
tormenting
troublous
fraught
painful
inexpressible
stunning
astonishing
bewildering
amazing
staggering
disastrous
terrorising
UK
surprising
tragical
mean
unbearable
glaring
grody
disgustful
loathly
messed up
dreary
melancholic
morose
glum
melancholy
dispirited
depressive
desolate
cheerless
fiendish
excruciating
hard
ruthless
oppressed
agonising
UK
stark
merciless
sullen
sad
preternatural
uncanny
murky
drab
mirthless
lugubrious
drear
gray
US
dingy
grey
UK
unnatural
ferocious
mournful
black
abnormal
nerve-racking
strange
unusual
freaky
causing fear
bone-chilling
untold
annoying
great
undescribable
bestial
discouraging
irritating
very bad
sanguine
unpropitious
baneful
unlucky
fateful
apocalyptic
off-putting
demoralizing
US
bothersome
screwed up
yucky
lewd
wrong
unsightly
discommoding
displeasing
impressive
Kafkaesque
overpowering
inconceivable
unbelievable
sober
inconvenient
unwelcome
punk
excessive
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
much-feared
tragic
vexing
discomposing
unimaginable
pulse-pounding
unwelcoming
taboo
ineffable
despicable
contemptible
striking
powerful
massive
shivery
shuddery
onerous
inhospitable
blood-stained
bloodthirsty
phobic
unfriendly
sanguinary
undefinable
beyond words
uninviting
poignant
evil-looking
gut-wrenching
demoralising
UK
suggestive of evil
humourless
UK
sedate
humorless
US
indescribably bad
beyond description
indescribably wicked
indescribably evil
bloodletting
dodgy
perplexing
perilous
glowering
all-powerful
too horrible for words
blood-and-guts
blood-and-thunder
hurtful
impoverished
deeply distressing
hopeless
unwholesome
poverty-stricken
unthinkable
unmentionable
twisted
afflictive
perverse
warped
chronic
irretrievable
much-dreaded
sickly
unsound
maleficent
aberrant
supernatural
mysterious
odd
queer
bizarre
far-out
mystifying
unreal
other-worldly
rum
inscrutable
flakey
US
uncouth
eerily
mystic
occult
flaky
UK
secret
magic
oddball
whacko
numinous
magical
supernal
out of the ordinary
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
▲
Extremely awful or disagreeable
disgusting
nasty
horrible
foul
offensive
awful
revolting
repellent
distasteful
repulsive
loathsome
sickening
obnoxious
odious
horrid
appalling
repugnant
abominable
nauseating
vile
terrible
unpleasant
disagreeable
abhorrent
horrendous
gross
objectionable
nauseous
hideous
obscene
frightful
yucky
atrocious
noisome
noxious
shocking
detestable
execrable
unpalatable
displeasing
scandalous
rancid
deplorable
repellant
icky
bad
ugly
evil
fulsome
unpleasing
yukky
disgraceful
grody
irritating
pits
galling
off-putting
God-awful
ghastly
beastly
disgustful
loathly
hateful
sick-making
gruesome
despicable
unsavoury
UK
rotten
unsavory
US
contemptible
yucko
putrid
stinking
lousy
reprehensible
bogging
grotty
skanky
heinous
uninviting
diabolical
grisly
unspeakable
intolerable
insufferable
wretched
monstrous
horrific
scurvy
dire
horrifying
rebarbative
vomitous
malodorous
gut-churning
fetid
US
vomit-inducing
mephitic
stomach-turning
stomach-churning
unwelcome
unacceptable
abysmal
rank
filthy
distressing
beyond the pale
hellacious
foetid
UK
stinky
from hell
annoying
harsh
invidious
macabre
festy
smelly
on the nose
niffy
unappetizing
undesirable
miserable
olid
hellish
exceptionable
dirty
unlovely
outrageous
grim
godawful
nightmarish
evil-smelling
foul-smelling
pongy
whiffy
damnable
funky
sick
miasmal
bitter
wicked
uncongenial
sleazy
rubbish
egregious
acrid
dislikeable
grubby
dislikable
sour
creepy
mean
upsetting
nightmare
cringe-making
poor
dismal
very unpleasant
punk
base
lurid
squalid
grungy
very bad
poisonous
sordid
pestilential
terrifying
fearful
terrific
grewsome
poison
alarming
harrowing
grotesque
unsightly
unseemly
opprobrious
unbearable
sucky
spine-chilling
lamentable
cursed
accursed
chronic
polluted
unattractive
unsatisfactory
lame
pitiful
sorry
unclean
uncleanly
soiled
cheap
paltry
emetic
scummy
scabby
bum
ungodly
unholy
cruddy
grimy
brackish
pesky
frightening
pestiferous
eerie
shameful
inexcusable
tremendous
vulgar
unforgivable
excruciating
brutal
unappealing
fearsome
inferior
confounded
worthless
substandard
gory
irksome
adverse
raunchy
godforsaken
pathetic
depressing
hairy
crummy
laughable
vexatious
unlikable
revulsive
hated
off-colour
UK
weak
grievous
censurable
infuriating
exasperating
off-color
US
hateable
gnarly
reeking
bothersome
woeful
ornery
sickly
smudged
bedraggled
stained
mucky
besmirched
befouled
smutty
blackened
sullied
bemired
dusty
black
dingy
draggled
sneaking
ratty
muddy
begrimed
pitiable
yecchy
forbidding
very disgusting
inclement
troublesome
savage
flagrant
gut-wrenching
murderous
tough
bloodthirsty
embarrassing
offending
biting
cutting
detested
sanguinary
morbid
catty
regrettable
violent
serious
despised
indescribable
execrated
afflictive
loathed
scabrous
abject
abominated
villainous
formidable
reviled
uncomfortable
impermissible
improper
inappropriate
bloody
terribly bad
tainted
diseased
dreaded
flagitious
discouraging
bloodcurdling
unfair
unsportsmanlike
illegal
coarse
cruel
terrorizing
US
unreasonable
fierce
terrorising
UK
disconcerting
repelling
pill
heel
pants
for the birds
hair-raising
jarring
to be avoided
strictly for the birds
out of place
bilious
reeky
hopeless
inadequate
chunderous
slimy
uncool
drag
unhappy
pain
maddening
bleak
dark
harmful
tasteless
dismaying
strong
high
musty
stenchy
fusty
flat
chilling
overpowering
bloodletting
useless
frowzy
frowsy
miasmic
frowsty
indecorous
inadmissible
not cricket
squicky
cloying
surfeiting
scuzzy
hurtful
deleterious
unhealthy
pernicious
injurious
mischievous
pigpen
ripe
blood-and-guts
blood-and-thunder
woozy
rocky
duff
poxy
over the fence
mediocre
suffocating
cold
sepulchral
funereal
unfit
rude
unwanted
baneful
unwholesome
infernal
blasted
eye-watering
not quite the done thing
sombre
UK
somber
US
ghostly
morose
disastrous
insalutary
inexpedient
ill-favoured
UK
unsuitable
scary
spooky
sullen
deficient
curst
freaking
cussed
darned
cotton-picking
danged
doggoned
durn
durned
dang
doggone
goddamned
darn
deuced
spookish
daunting
ill-favored
US
not okay
blimming
trashy
garbage
wanting
low-grade
rubbishy
sad
a load of pants
ignominious
spine-tingling
disreputable
insupportable
cut-rate
third-rate
under par
low-quality
less-than-stellar
poor-quality
second-class
below par
sub-par
second-rate
two-bit
unpardonable
hostile
unfriendly
inimical
more ❯
“Tipping it to her lips, she braced herself for the
dreadful
taste of whatever swamp water soldiers drank.”
Adjective
▲
Very bad or lackluster in standard or quality
inferior
poor
unsatisfactory
lousy
inadequate
rotten
abysmal
pathetic
lamentable
rubbish
wretched
useless
crummy
duff
pants
hopeless
poxy
ropy
sorry
woeful
chronic
third-rate
very bad
a load of pants
not up to snuff
from hell
awful
terrible
bad
atrocious
appalling
substandard
dire
execrable
mediocre
rubbishy
shoddy
deplorable
miserable
trashy
low-grade
second-rate
dismal
pitiful
cheap
unacceptable
junky
diabolical
deficient
schlocky
dissatisfactory
worthless
frightful
imperfect
low-rent
bum
sad
schlock
grotty
below par
low-quality
common
bargain-basement
defective
coarse
shabby
subpar
faulty
suboptimal
laughable
paltry
lame
cheapjack
second-class
two-bit
direful
under par
below standard
crude
horrible
cut-rate
wanting
gimcrack
trumpery
sub-par
abject
cheesy
not up to scratch
sleazy
tawdry
sucky
el cheapo
pits
God-awful
disgraceful
abominable
below average
unsound
tatty
base
junk
disagreeable
dime-a-dozen
egregious
insufficient
flawed
subnormal
dodgy
the pits
incompetent
tacky
average
wack
lemon
middling
indifferent
not up to par
downmarket
contemptible
not up to much
ordinary
tinny
disappointing
tenth-rate
unexceptional
pedestrian
punk
jerry-built
hack
poor-quality
bush-league
good-for-nothing
crumby
leaving much to be desired
poorer
pitiable
bodger
less-than-stellar
weak
poor quality
godawful
déclassé
rough
unspeakable
ineffectual
shocking
not much cop
shameful
cheap and nasty
low-end
careless
amateurish
feeble
wrong
garbage
bush
grody
off
grim
grungy
beastly
valueless
meagre
UK
tinhorn
meager
US
lacking
low
ineffective
not good
piss-poor
cruddy
no good
half-pie
negligent
craptacular
hellacious
sour
not up to standard
detestable
nasty
disastrous
slipshod
inept
strictly for the birds
gross
impaired
end-of-the-pier
weak sauce
low quality
mean
stinking
for the birds
very poor
no great shakes
a dead loss
unable to do something for toffee
hideous
foul
commonplace
regrettable
twopenny-halfpenny
unfortunate
uncomfortable
unpleasant
broken
inexpert
worst
hateful
throwaway
naff
second-best
amiss
ill
ropey
brummagem
twopenny
poorly
inefficient
reduced
limited
second class
from hunger
off-colour
UK
dilapidated
incapable
impotent
little
cheapie
cheapo
not cutting it
garbagy
inproficient
unproficient
horrendous
horrid
extremely bad
insubstantial
restricted
inappreciable
inconsiderable
sparing
disreputable
yucky
blah
dingy
scruffy
gaudy
piddling
second rate
of poor quality
of low quality
dirty
flimsy
shlocky
calamitous
seedy
ghastly
ratty
shlock
unsightly
grubby
scabby
scummy
scurvy
repulsive
sordid
godforsaken
downer
icky
diddly
bummer
erroneous
rock-bottom
lowest of the low
the dumps
unable to do something to save one's life
off-color
US
cheap-jack
of a sort
bad quality
low cost
bad news
fallacious
not the best
run-down
broken-down
under-strength
run down
raunchy
damnable
odious
scurrilous
irremediable
reprehensible
stinky
indefensible
down at heel
desperate
harmful
slovenly
unfit
not good enough
unqualified
inapt
unsuitable
unfitted
unequipped
disqualified
unworthy
ineligible
displeasing
not equal to
unskilled
unskillful
unskilful
unable
inexperienced
unimpressive
unsatisfying
not up to it
not up to
lacking ability
amateur
unprofessional
trifling
reject
unsuited
minimal
no-good
not equipped to
ham-fisted
unequal to the task
cack-handed
out of your depth
insignificant
distressing
damaged
patchy
tinpot
worse
poopy
bottom-of-barrel
intolerable
inadmissible
dubious
questionable
a dime a dozen
insupportable
condemnable
out
inacceptable
won't do
not on
half-baked
inefficacious
underwhelming
naive
butterfingers
lacking experience
not know one's arse from one's elbow
bungling
plastic
pretentious
inglorious
makeshift
low-down
anticlimactic
clumsy
untrained
unfulfilling
maladroit
blundering
bathetic
distasteful
falling short
failing
not all it's cracked up to be
uninteresting
disillusioning
awkward
minor league
small potatoes
not satisfying
minor-league
unhandy
floundering
cowboy
raw
incapacitated
undistinguished
uninspired
unapt
undependable
helpless
uninitiated
unadapted
unreliable
unworkmanlike
skill-less
out to lunch
not cut out for
less capable
not have it
farcical
off-form
unprepared
untaught
not cut out
non-qualified
ill-equipped
not qualified
not prepared
unequal
powerless
not much chop
more ❯
“Then he raised his voice, with a
dreadful
effort at self-control.”
Adjective
▲
Significant or extreme in degree or intensity
intense
acute
fierce
terrible
deep
profound
heavy
ferocious
violent
excruciating
keen
almighty
vicious
vehement
blistering
furious
hard
frightful
explosive
hellacious
ghastly
exquisite
intensive
fearsome
fearful
great
outrageous
shocking
inordinate
unrestrained
immoderate
tremendous
heavy-duty
extreme
severe
strong
unbearable
agonizing
US
excessive
sharp
powerful
insufferable
agonising
UK
piercing
harsh
harrowing
burning
consuming
torturous
unendurable
racking
searing
awful
tormenting
serious
overwhelming
raging
grievous
overpowering
concentrated
intolerable
penetrating
cutting
heightened
very great
uncontrollable
forceful
biting
stabbing
shooting
hellish
brutal
extraordinary
flaming
vigorous
potent
urgent
bitter
frenzied
passionate
grave
oppressive
critical
distressing
significant
impossible
major
wild
energetic
enormous
torrid
drastic
poignant
shrill
painful
pounding
savage
forcible
devastating
splitting
all-consuming
real
fervid
right
fervent
impassioned
zealous
relentless
proper
dire
ardent
compelling
feverish
eager
fanatical
peracute
perfervid
weighty
earnest
heated
sudden
punishing
thorough
considerable
grim
intensified
total
exceptional
fiery
resounding
tough
vivid
wrenching
rabid
rampaging
rampant
intemperate
mighty
full
volatile
uncurbed
unchecked
unbridled
unfettered
emphatic
strenuous
thumping
rough
immense
grueling
US
deep-seated
roaring
marked
terrific
out of control
stormy
turbulent
full of force
blustery
gale force
tumultuous
tempestuous
gruelling
UK
stinging
thunderous
storming
desperate
volcanic
red-hot
incorrigible
heavyweight
sound
heartfelt
pronounced
diabolical
cut-throat
warm-blooded
burdensome
unstoppable
onerous
worrying
astounding
sublime
big
mortal
suffocating
bad
stifling
overbearing
transcending
sober
sombre
UK
sobering
shattering
intimidating
sedate
unreasonable
Spartan
uncomfortable
forbidding
solemn
somber
US
sad
unrelenting
repressive
unconscionable
preposterous
unwarranted
life-threatening
caustic
galling
far-reaching
OTT
supreme
torturing
afflicting
unsparing
ungovernable
high
uncontrolled
riotous
demanding
protracted
close
unqualified
excited
inflamed
unmanageable
passional
comprehensive
undue
diligent
towering
exaggerated
complete
convulsive
hot
enraged
ruinous
peppery
exhaustive
cyclonic
gusty
thoroughgoing
animated
paroxysmal
dynamic
aroused
coercive
strained
pungent
accelerated
fast
radical
killing
chastening
inclement
menacing
boisterous
thundery
squally
bumpy
windy
howling
mother of all
in-depth
very bad
all-absorbing
crushing
all-powerful
extremely painful
all-embracing
typhonic
blustering
swirling
choppy
destructive
O.T.T.
out-and-out
all-inclusive
all-encompassing
high-pressure
speeded-up
over the top
chaotic
restless
rugged
stormful
too great
huge
frenetic
fevered
white-hot
gigantic
colossal
prodigious
formidable
massive
sizeable
vast
humongous
whopping
mega
extensive
horrific
ginormous
monstrous
awesome
whacking
stupendous
large
very big
whacking great
whopping great
scathing
emotional
charged
warm
vitriolic
demonstrative
incandescent
religious
superheated
withering
spirited
mordant
hot-blooded
trenchant
blazing
enthusiastic
virulent
mordacious
glowing
scornful
hurtful
acid
scorching
sarcastic
sardonic
acerbic
incisive
lively
nasty
cruel
corrosive
satirical
acrimonious
belittling
impetuous
committed
raw
acidic
astringent
derisive
chilling
barbed
tart
wholehearted
acrid
venomous
puissant
rigorous
scalding
extremely critical
contemptuous
pointed
smarting
acerb
gut-wrenching
steamed up
impulsive
obsessed
satiric
snarky
aggressive
dedicated
chill
truculent
hefty
cold
avid
freezing
glacial
hearty
messianic
delirious
arctic
angry
knifelike
high-spirited
disturbing
ruthless
stimulated
nippy
wintry
US
frosty
frigid
nipping
smart
stiff
numbing
shrewd
hyper
high-powered
wintery
UK
on fire
parky
unblunted
pumped
bleak
manic
stringent
malicious
raring
mocking
hyperactive
ready
salty
psyched
edged
hectic
effervescent
chilly
unpleasant
heartbreaking
merciless
dangerous
unruly
amped
aggravated
mad
disagreeable
assiduous
pitiless
mightful
sincere
heartrending
icy
stirred up
powerhouse
incensed
curt
stirred
frantic
calamitous
telling
robust
acidulous
damaging
polar
shivery
gelid
cool
fired up
moving
eloquent
stirring
precipitate
headlong
inspiring
hotblooded
expressive
thrilling
affecting
quickened
disquieting
vexatious
tortuous
wigged-out
Siberian
coolish
snappy
coldish
heart-rending
trying
unsavoury
UK
yukky
traumatic
unwelcome
distasteful
unpalatable
yucky
displeasing
unpleasing
unsavory
US
bone-chilling
ice-cold
excitable
temperamental
hopped up
suffering
tearing
distressful
rash
struggling
murderous
inhuman
disastrous
dithyrambic
mercurial
consequential
bitterly cold
hot-tempered
threatening
intensely cold
taxing
spiteful
all-out
hostile
agitated
overwrought
disparaging
abrasive
catty
vitriolous
contentious
cynical
overactive
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
slashing
cordial
gutsy
mettlesome
spunky
sprightly
disorderly
uninhibited
wounding
snarling
coruscating
worse
brusque
insensitive
gruff
mad keen
voracious
crazy
steadfast
allegiant
rubbing the wrong way
punchy
resolute
gingery
icy-cold
nuts
vivacious
game
crippling
austere
punitive
elevated
escalated
unconstrained
unrepressed
titanic
stark
drilling
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
jeering
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
worsened
juiced
nutty
crazed
high as a kite
torrential
algid
wrathful
seething
desirous
full-hearted
highly effective
blind
deadly
brisk
deep-rooted
rapid
overzealous
lethal
fatal
fuming
heartless
tormentous
anguishing
hysterical
neurotic
agitable
driving
forthright
clear
desolating
annihilating
crisp
effective
blunt
explicit
distinct
callous
pressing
strengthy
strengthful
death-dealing
edgy
unequivocal
rushing
short-fuse
hot-headed
high-strung
highly strung
ablaze
crucial
hazardous
arduous
perilous
difficult
toilsome
exacting
precarious
ugly
grinding
beastly
vital
crying
sadistic
hard-hitting
wanton
off the air
rapier-like
very excited
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
razor-sharp
fit to be tied
razor-edged
fast-flowing
exigent
really hard
very hard
cold-blooded
devoted
very grave
climacteric
antsy
devout
pushy
obsessive
zestful
militant
upsetting
afire
fanatic
wretched
unhappy
sour
wicked
miserable
rotten
hardhanded
uncongenial
unlovely
tragic
itchy
ripe
possessed
icky
sore
remorseless
mortifying
purposeful
zealotic
fired
fireball
evangelical
provoking
annoying
offensive
afflictive
gung-ho
go-ahead
single-minded
self-starting
wild-eyed
coming on strong
hard-hearted
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than flesh and blood can bear
more ❯
“I had to tell Richard I was unable to tolerate the
dreadful
pain any longer.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
unfortunate
tragic
distressing
dire
woeful
lamentable
grievous
miserable
grim
appalling
deplorable
regrettable
heartbreaking
sad
wretched
dismal
harrowing
upsetting
distressful
painful
disturbing
heartrending
unlucky
agonizing
US
traumatic
difficult
worrying
bitter
troublesome
depressing
gloomy
disquieting
shocking
pitiful
bleak
cheerless
poor
sombre
UK
troubling
disheartening
somber
US
tragical
tormenting
hopeless
unsettling
unhappy
doleful
dreary
disappointing
perturbing
discomforting
sorry
excruciating
hurtful
stressful
alarming
morose
nasty
discouraging
poignant
worrisome
afflicting
joyless
saddening
desolate
frightening
sorrowful
oppressive
comfortless
glum
unnerving
pitiable
vexatious
melancholy
drab
crushing
discomposing
dispiriting
rueful
afflictive
depressive
troublous
agitating
melancholic
funereal
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
dolesome
dolorous
mirthless
agonising
UK
cold
confronting
lachrymose
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heart-wrenching
terrible
awful
bad
disastrous
calamitous
horrible
grave
catastrophic
severe
frightful
cataclysmic
unpleasant
rotten
horrendous
atrocious
devastating
ghastly
abominable
ruinous
harsh
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
lousy
direful
pathetic
destructive
horrific
forbidding
unpropitious
adverse
cataclysmal
horrid
fatal
torturous
nightmarish
disagreeable
unwelcome
irksome
harmful
objectionable
execrable
hard
egregious
inauspicious
vile
tough
gruesome
solemn
disconcerting
uncomfortable
dark
galling
abysmal
horrifying
hostile
serious
dangerous
disgraceful
injurious
mean
cruel
shameful
macabre
foreboding
perilous
ominous
foul
damning
godawful
parlous
daunting
black
ill-fated
brutal
diabolical
fateful
loathsome
hairy
chronic
fraught
desperate
austere
critical
distasteful
very bad
hellacious
unpalatable
trying
untoward
abhorrent
sinister
crummy
inadequate
inopportune
revolting
inferior
intolerable
grisly
hideous
heavy
offensive
acute
gross
detrimental
deadly
undesirable
monstrous
displeasing
shattering
threatening
inhospitable
contemptible
odious
savage
heinous
beastly
laughable
unbearable
exacting
precarious
sober
crippling
unsatisfactory
abject
devastative
mortal
humourless
UK
humorless
US
drear
affecting
taxing
annihilatory
catastrophal
concerning
mortifying
ill-starred
chilling
lame
dirty
sullen
dour
damaging
forlorn
repugnant
ugly
god-awful
infelicitous
vexing
mournful
sickening
paltry
morbid
stinking
rubbish
scurvy
untimely
grotty
shabby
off-putting
disgusting
stark
unacceptable
repulsive
lethal
gray
US
piteous
grey
UK
impoverished
disadvantageous
earth-shattering
negative
menacing
detestable
sour
extreme
exigent
discommodious
dismaying
cheap
repellent
messy
ill-advised
annoying
irritating
despicable
uncongenial
unpleasing
outrageous
grubby
lurid
cruddy
ill-boding
unfriendly
ratty
treacherous
apocalyptic
scummy
scabby
sneaking
feeble
pits
troubled
pants
sordid
sedate
luckless
base
overwhelming
blue
hazardous
testing
murderous
mediocre
pernicious
risky
frustrating
deathly
anguished
reprehensible
vicious
oppressed
peracute
derisible
hapless
inept
shoddy
uninviting
intense
ravaging
sucky
a load of pants
deleterious
wounding
unsavory
US
sore
blameworthy
inappropriate
fierce
icky
nauseating
violent
obnoxious
yukky
unappealing
yucky
fearful
hellish
derisory
grody
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
unpromising
regretful
annihilative
unsuitable
unkind
dystopian
repellant
unsuited
second-rate
inapt
third-rate
life-threatening
ill-suited
straitened
hard-pressed
shadowy
tortured
full of hardship
doubtful
strained
ill-omened
pressing
jeopardous
rocky
unspeakable
gory
pained
unsightly
substandard
stony
terrifying
crying
God-awful
iniquitous
unadvantageous
ignominious
godforsaken
squalid
nefarious
scandalous
monumental
glaring
inexcusable
meagre
UK
flagrant
pitiless
ruthless
merciless
hurting
meager
US
haunting
demanding
pressured
moving
depressed
dicey
irredeemable
irretrievable
inimical
flagitious
tearing
unsuccessful
convulsionary
rough
arduous
tiring
gruelling
UK
poverty-stricken
lugubrious
dingy
plangent
pensive
abortive
sharp
drastic
rugged
duff
bungling
indigent
scungy
sepulchral
wrong
unstable
dodgy
doomed
ropy
poxy
bum
punk
onerous
harassing
mighty
tear-jerking
strong
unrelenting
unforgiving
burdensome
significant
hateful
unendurable
worthless
misfortunate
from hell
grueling
US
sobering
crashing
invidious
bothersome
gnawing
ridiculous
absurd
ludicrous
uncool
awkward
nauseous
noxious
irritable
bewildering
terribly bad
too bad
anti-utopian
rancid
pesky
wicked
stiff
useless
foolish-looking
silly
baleful
star-crossed
inhuman
mephitical
perplexing
revulsive
unamusing
aggravating
distressed
maleficent
eradicative
weighty
profound
consequential
a pity
searing
inconvenient
portentous
baneful
desolating
annihilating
minatory
doomy
hardhanded
blighting
backbreaking
a stinker of a
a bummer of a
death-dealing
unseasonable
stunning
staggering
ill
hefty
well below par
unbefitting
improper
extremely bad
paralysing
UK
rough going
paralyzing
US
inexpedient
indecorous
injudicious
tactless
unbecoming
very great
pessimistic
unseemly
doom and gloom
undue
ill-considered
ill-timed
more ❯
“The vizier laid before his master the
dreadful
news of a general revolt, both of his troops and provinces in the south.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by wickedness or brutality
wicked
abominable
atrocious
vile
heinous
monstrous
odious
appalling
evil
shameful
loathsome
horrible
outrageous
base
villainous
nefarious
scandalous
abhorrent
detestable
disgraceful
vicious
infamous
contemptible
diabolical
iniquitous
despicable
foul
fiendish
cruel
reprehensible
sinful
hateful
savage
execrable
infernal
nasty
inhuman
immoral
devilish
disreputable
ghastly
egregious
bad
barbaric
dark
depraved
ungodly
criminal
barbarous
black
brutal
horrendous
disgusting
rotten
beastly
flagitious
revolting
unprincipled
brutish
ruthless
flagrant
opprobrious
repugnant
horrific
violent
bestial
merciless
repellent
corrupt
sadistic
unrighteous
ferocious
murderous
unethical
unholy
unlawful
heartless
degenerate
knavish
dastardly
brute
callous
fierce
miscreant
perverse
putrid
remorseless
sinister
treacherous
underhanded
butcherly
harrowing
inhumane
bloodthirsty
bloody
disgustful
debased
profligate
reprobate
abandoned
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
black-hearted
cold-blooded
shocking
terrible
awful
horrifying
unspeakable
offensive
ignominious
deplorable
frightful
horrid
discreditable
dishonourable
UK
intolerable
dishonorable
US
unforgivable
repulsive
hideous
inexcusable
gross
obscene
obnoxious
ignoble
unworthy
accursed
scurvy
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
sordid
mean
low
low-down
satanic
shabby
hellish
distasteful
nauseating
wretched
sickening
objectionable
noisome
beyond contempt
beyond the pale
indefensible
shoddy
inglorious
wrong
shady
unpardonable
damnable
cacodemonic
grim
sad
pitiable
notorious
louche
degrading
slimy
amoral
unrespectable
facinorous
pathetic
lousy
cruddy
demonic
dirty
sorry
unscrupulous
malevolent
demoniacal
filthy
demoniac
Mephistophelian
unearthly
caitiff
unreasonable
beneath contempt
fulsome
diabolic
nauseous
repellant
noxious
rancid
godawful
blameworthy
insupportable
ugly
nightmarish
perverted
very bad
pitiful
abject
worthless
improper
exceptionable
paltry
shy
indecent
sanguinary
cheap
crying
miserable
currish
sneaking
snide
ratty
grubby
scabby
scummy
lame
scungy
no-good
below contempt
dirty rotten
low-life
low-minded
Hadean
unjust
Stygian
grave
wild
harsh
gruesome
glaring
malignant
spiteful
truculent
grisly
homicidal
malicious
unfair
terribly bad
macabre
unbecoming
demonical
demonian
Luciferian
raunchy
dangerous
malfeasant
wanton
fell
pitiless
cutthroat
arduous
butcherous
destructive
devastating
unseemly
stinking
cursed
crazed
frenetic
mad
maniacal
possessed
unhallowed
bloody-minded
untamed
disagreeable
naughty
good-for-nothing
tragic
unpleasant
vulgar
desperate
untrue
gossiping
backbiting
detracting
maligning
vilifying
traducing
detractive
undignified
excessive
lamentable
unacceptable
senseless
grievous
preposterous
unfortunate
lurid
morbid
questionable
unhealthy
grewsome
terrific
highly improper
aberrant
nightmare
ridiculous
unconscionable
undesirable
ominous
red hot
poor
disastrous
abysmal
dire
unjustifiable
calamitous
regrettable
crummy
insufferable
unbearable
heartbreaking
humiliating
God-awful
shameless
embarrassing
aggressive
unkind
rough
severe
unfeeling
unmerciful
uncharitable
uncaring
unsympathetic
hard
crooked
hostile
dishonest
hard-hearted
feral
maleficent
inconsiderate
unsparing
threatening
cold-hearted
cut-throat
insensitive
vindictive
unruly
rascally
stern
uncivilized
US
unfriendly
lawless
uncivilised
UK
hurtful
venomous
thuggish
disorderly
tough
menacing
relentless
uncompassionate
wrathful
scoundrelly
compassionless
unrelenting
abusive
rabid
dissolute
unrestrained
rude
draconian
fiery
slaughterous
catty
rugged
bent
malign
uncontrollable
virulent
wrongful
flinty
dour
crude
ironhearted
mean-spirited
rowdy
intimidating
ill-natured
gruff
coarse
austere
underhand
wolfish
steely
ruffianly
dog-eat-dog
furious
warped
unpitying
frightening
rancorous
stony
competitive
forbidding
obdurate
indurate
affectless
soulless
stoney
stonyhearted
pachydermatous
profane
implacable
ungentle
desensitized
US
insensate
pugnacious
roguish
impious
louring
bitter
illicit
sanguine
illegal
stark
sanguineous
morally wrong
murdering
exploitative
injurious
poisonous
illegitimate
lowering
stony-hearted
churlish
seedy
surly
impure
unemotional
lawbreaking
fearsome
wounding
unmanageable
hotheaded
warlike
delirious
viperous
peccable
desensitised
UK
not cricket
despiteful
barbarian
case-hardened
frantic
hard-boiled
ill-humored
US
heavy
dodgy
antagonistic
with a heart of stone
bad-tempered
ill-humoured
UK
undisciplined
satanical
ghoulish
irreligious
ill-tempered
sacrilegious
blasphemous
ferine
voracious
belligerent
godless
without mercy
unforgiving
every person for themselves
oppressive
cold
felonious
onerous
tigerish
death-dealing
bellicose
gory
tyrannical
red in tooth and claw
impetuous
harmful
inclement
indictable
ornery
disruptive
radge
ignorant
inhospitable
annoying
unkindly
deadly
contumacious
cantankerous
untrustworthy
anarchic
hardhearted
pernicious
frenzied
thoughtless
explosive
uncultured
unrefined
mortal
angry
transgressing
undomesticated
primitive
tyrannous
culpable
salacious
convulsive
forceful
shadowy
ogreish
bad-hearted
rapacious
servile
killer
coldhearted
agitated
thick-skinned
natural
hardhanded
slash-and-burn
take-no-prisoners
peccant
serpentine
degraded
impassioned
feverish
stone-hearted
unwholesome
hard-nosed
uncivil
headstrong
hysterical
potent
sleazy
seamy
uncultivated
not nice
forcible
turbulent
no good
knock-down-and-drag-out
blood-and-guts
knock-down
drag-out
hammer and tongs
evil-minded
full-blooded
carnivorous
intensely competitive
fiercely competitive
ogry
ogrish
ravening
wilful
willful
unlettered
damaging
cannibalistic
sneaky
deliberate
brutelike
arbitrary
erring
fallen
lethal
unconcerned
bearish
tactless
indifferent
blackguardly
gloating
trying
thievish
predatory
gratuitous
upsetting
sullied
tainted
cowardly
inequitable
ungenerous
unamiable
unlikable
impolite
searing
excruciating
unsafe
mephistophelean
toxic
intolerant
boisterous
troublemaking
fractious
disdainful
hardened
confrontational
vitriolic
combative
unlovable
unchristian
willed
off-colour
UK
inelegant
intimidatory
ill-boding
foreboding
killing
squalid
exacting
joyless
unsociable
militant
uncongenial
ill
intractable
aimless
burdensome
stiff
minatory
minacious
irritating
tawdry
inflexible
corrupting
unbending
sour
scrappy
depraving
unsportsmanlike
hard-fought
involving bloodshed
perverting
contrary
insolent
wayward
double-crossing
riotous
unloveable
debauched
demoralizing
US
subversive
demoralising
UK
sarcastic
unyielding
off-color
US
inexorable
adamant
nonliterate
non-literate
unappeasable
cross
decadent
volatile
hard as nails
heavy-handed
intense
tumultuous
unremitting
revengeful
sleazoid
avaricious
skanky
ironfisted
cyclonic
animated
hot
stormy
heathen
heathenish
mercenary
calculated
venal
covetous
tempestuous
raging
baleful
paroxysmal
volcanic
raving
enraged
incessive
fearful
uneducated
bullying
lacking compassion
marble-hearted
infuriated
berserk
without pity
biffo
aggers
self-seeking
intemperate
Neandertal
jungli
Neanderthal
shifty
terrorizing
US
forced
dubious
slippery
suspect
maddened
assertive
suspicious
with force
using force
by force
beggarly
crazy
fuming
terrorising
UK
fishy
bloodless
lowly
of bad reputation
hot-tempered
hot-headed
out of control
roughshod
bang-bang
lewd
smutty
bawdy
ribald
blue
pornographic
prohibited
lascivious
suggestive
indelicate
unlicensed
racy
licentious
contraband
clandestine
trashy
earthy
delinquent
forbidden
furtive
terrorist
gutter
unprintable
porny
prurient
impermissible
banned
outlawed
punishable
unsanctioned
fraudulent
unauthorized
US
actionable
adult
stag
insurrectionary
anarchical
rebellious
interdicted
seditious
insubordinate
insurgent
unofficial
mutinying
proscribed
against the law
mutinous
scatological
raw
scatologic
unwarranted
anarchistic
verboten
taboo
adulterous
noncompliant
nonconformist
sly
porno
disobedient
violating
bootleg
ungoverned
guilty
nihilistic
infringing
wildcat
unauthorised
UK
piratical
traitorous
criminogenic
unregulated
unpeaceful
disordered
racketeering
recusant
porn
under-the-counter
under the table
off base
under-the-table
contrary to law
haram
not acceptable
out of line
under the counter
smoking gun
ruled out
tapu
in violation of law
off limits
black-market
not permitted
against the rules
without law and order
not allowed
explicit
X-rated
locker-room
near the knuckle
near the bone
dirty-minded
off colour
foul-mouthed
nudge-nudge
more ❯
“The
dreadful
tyrant of cruel rod brings ruin upon himself by frightful deeds.”
Adjective
▲
Very serious or urgent in nature
critical
urgent
serious
dire
pressing
grave
imperative
exigent
crucial
burning
compelling
desperate
severe
vital
drastic
acute
clamant
importunate
imperious
precarious
necessitous
important
profound
parlous
alarming
all-important
perilous
crying
terrible
emergent
awful
instant
essential
egregious
bad
decisive
hazardous
afflictive
life-threatening
life-and-death
extreme
great
significant
climacteric
sore
weighty
intense
clamorous
pivotal
major
necessary
paramount
momentous
fundamental
heavy
high-priority
very great
of great consequence
portentous
immoderate
needful
consequential
distressing
exacting
clamoring
US
fateful
clamouring
UK
fierce
vehement
furious
demanding attention
vicious
now or never
pertinent
prevalent
relevant
very grave
controversial
active
current
topical
contemporary
lively
live
of interest
integral
emergency
immediate
impelling
leading
required
primary
key
capital
driving
indispensable
principal
foremost
demanded
chief
pre-eminent
called-for
top-priority
time-critical
of the utmost importance
of the essence
life and death
must-have
more ❯
“It was only with the conviction she was deeply conflicted by some
dreadful
issue that I hung in there with her.”
Adjective
▲
Having an ugly or frightening appearance
grotesque
hideous
gruesome
ugly
disgusting
freakish
grisly
malformed
misshapen
monstrous
deformed
distorted
frightening
miscreated
mutant
unappealing
unattractive
unbeautiful
uncomely
unhandsome
unlovely
unpleasing
unpretty
unsightly
ghastly
vile
repulsive
revolting
horrible
horrid
repellent
homely
terrible
horrendous
obscene
teratoid
ill-favoured
UK
ill-favored
US
“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
▲
To an absolute degree
complete
absolute
total
utter
outright
downright
thorough
unqualified
categorical
sheer
pure
unmitigated
thoroughgoing
consummate
unadulterated
unconditional
perfect
rank
categoric
definite
stark
profound
arrant
unalloyed
fair
simple
clean
plumb
regular
flat
blooming
dead
deadly
stone
bodacious
blank
very
crashing
out-and-out
all-out
flat-out
straight-out
cotton-picking
positive
deep-dyed
unequivocal
real
entire
veritable
right
unrestricted
plain
extreme
unreserved
whole
proper
dyed-in-the-wool
unlimited
full
right-down
undiluted
through and through
gross
surpassing
full-bore
explicit
certain
wholesale
infernal
in every respect
direct
ultimate
clear
supreme
unambiguous
comprehensive
unmixed
blatant
undivided
unquestionable
exhaustive
solid
indubitable
unmistakable
inveterate
unmodified
full-scale
no catch
straight out
undeniable
straight
emphatic
unrestrained
undiminished
blasted
wholehearted
patent
blessed
confounded
final
overt
flagrant
out and out
point-blank
glaring
no ifs ands or buts
clear-cut
all out
plenary
full-on
unbounded
apodictic
mere
firm
maximum
prize
limitless
infinite
unstinting
intense
utmost
sure
express
genuine
undisguised
resolute
palpable
conclusive
brazen
uncompromising
without reservations
assured
naked
unabridged
unbroken
unremitting
barefaced
unconstrained
open
no strings
no fine print
determinate
true-blue
wide
full-blown
no holds barred
unquestioning
no kicker
true blue
pronounced
unblemished
everlasting
double-dyed
staring
serious
bloody
decisive
single
altogether
quite
egregious
determined
insistent
adamant
fixed
assertive
unvarnished
capital
actual
unstinted
decided
nothing other than
unregenerate
huge
optimum
rightly so called
stone-cold
resounding
forthright
definitive
peremptory
obvious
through-and-through
shameless
terminal
undisputed
overarching
monstrous
atrocious
notorious
vile
infamous
without reservation
austere
relentless
concentrated
uninterrupted
inclusive
totalitarian
perpetual
horrible
eternal
extraordinary
no joke
sweeping
eminent
rigid
unabated
point blank
full-frontal
severe
untempered
unmollified
unbending
unmoderated
in-depth
abject
no strings attached
one-hundred percent
oppressive
paramount
top
nth
max
uttermost
all-fired
persistent
unsoftened
unalleviated
in every way
harsh
grim
unrelieved
matchless
conspicuous
flawless
excellent
impeccable
unsurpassable
errant
perfected
chronic
ideal
finished
peerless
inimitable
transcendent
straightforward
precise
exact
blunt
specific
distinct
frank
candid
sincere
detailed
uninhibited
honest
accurate
outspoken
true
straight from the shoulder
upfront
plain-spoken
authentic
manifest
plainspoken
forthcoming
openhearted
crystal clear
freehearted
matter-of-fact
free-spoken
defined
truthful
straight-from-the-shoulder
confirmed
strict
univocal
transparent
boundless
unconcealed
no-nonsense
on the nose
concrete
straight-talking
call a spade a spade
straight-shooting
up front
from the hip
like it is
overall
factual
correct
grand
meticulous
well defined
understandable
lucid
black-and-white
unsurpassed
well-defined
bona fide
literal
free
natural
unevasive
minute
particular
bluff
unguarded
uncontestable
artless
guileless
ingenuous
error-free
incontestable
tactless
out-front
undiplomatic
aboveboard
bald
straight to the point
up-front
unconditioned
clearly expressed
lay it on the line
saying what one thinks
speaking as one finds
calling spade a spade
without limit
not afraid to call a spade a spade
bare-faced
laying it on the line
steadfast
effective
existent
incontrovertible
established
verified
infallible
pinpoint
substantial
attested
indisputable
evident
realistic
faultless
sovereign
good
tangible
intact
essential
extensive
superlative
predominant
substantive
set
last
integral
integrated
unbound
tyrannical
pre-eminent
all-powerful
hard
perspicuous
omnipotent
cut-and-dried
stated
compleat
preeminent
dinkum
black and white
spot-on
foursquare
dead-on
all-inclusive
close
not beating around the bush
on the money
inch-perfect
easily understandable
bang on
on the button
unfailing
most
overwhelming
quintessential
abrupt
effusive
gushing
clean-cut
forward
systematic
unimpaired
maximal
settled
telling
distinctive
clear cut
no mistake
pat
dead on
verbatim
drastic
without qualification
no beating around the bush
bold
round
endless
unending
with no strings
open-ended
no lie
plain-speaking
guaranteed
specified
untarnished
untouched
unaltered
habitual
undying
unambivalent
sharp
nonambiguous
undoubted
deciding
royal
veracious
no end of
all-embracing
unified
aggregate
quantified
faithful
unhampered
combined
composite
unblurred
surgical
finely tuned
on-target
individual
known
limited
right royal
without reserve
sound
spelled out
existing
unimaginary
organic
choate
indivisible
inexpugnable
stable
frozen
hard-and-fast
without restrictions
ceaseless
no-holds-barred
unchecked
unshackled
unhindered
no-limit
ungoverned
unimpeded
uncurbed
uncontrolled
unbridled
untrammeled
US
brutal
untrammelled
UK
unsuppressed
uncontrollable
unrepressed
undisputable
wild
unimaginative
stone cold
physical
nailed-on
committed
deep
open-and-shut
sharply defined
kosher
full-fledged
broad
over-literal
lacking subtlety
lacking nuance
hard and fast
cut and dried
workmanlike
personal
immediate
de facto
honest to God
honest-to-goodness
sure enough
real live
non-fictional
for real
sure-enough
intent
determining
unshakeable
intricate
experienced
staunch
fervent
earnest
zealous
enthusiastic
unflinching
hearty
inflexible
unbreakable
unswerving
dedicated
unwavering
devoted
steady
unfaltering
intensive
rigorous
exclusive
enduring
heartfelt
stalwart
unfeigned
ardent
warm
certified
iron
clearly defined
firsthand
penetrating
corroborated
loyal
impassioned
abiding
constant
passionate
fullhearted
documented
elemental
elaborate
encyclopedic
US
proven
verifiable
considerable
cast-iron
significant
special
encyclopaedic
UK
intimate
first-hand
whole-hearted
fundamental
wide-ranging
all-encompassing
far-reaching
in depth
hundred percent
whole-souled
substantiated
set in stone
textbook
never-failing
picture-perfect
errorless
picture-book
dead right
bull's-eye
model
to a T
spot on
letter-perfect
on target
classic
inerrant
unerring
to a turn
polished
more ❯
“I'm afraid I've made a
dreadful
mess of things, Gregory. I simply couldn't help myself.”
Adjective
▲
Unreasonably or absurdly extreme in degree or extent
absurd
horrendous
outrageous
ridiculous
unreasonable
abnormal
extraordinary
preposterous
unearthly
God-awful
ungodly
shocking
unbelievable
unheard of
unholy
horrid
intolerable
strange
out of the ordinary
“In those
dreadful
early hours of the morning, when life ebbed to its lowest point, hope kept me going.”
Adjective
▲
Very bad or unpleasant, especially to the senses
diabolical
awful
abominable
nasty
appalling
revolting
horrible
disgusting
vile
foul
loathsome
repulsive
sickening
horrendous
repellent
offensive
nauseating
terrible
atrocious
horrid
hideous
odious
frightful
gross
repugnant
objectionable
unpleasant
deplorable
lamentable
yucky
icky
ghastly
bad
beastly
poor
repellant
rotten
shocking
disagreeable
unpalatable
execrable
shameful
disgraceful
grubby
damnable
monstrous
fiendish
unspeakable
hellacious
egregious
outrageous
infernal
godawful
horrifying
insufferable
unbearable
direful
excruciating
God-awful
very bad
distasteful
distressing
intolerable
obscene
detestable
unendurable
mean
Adjective
▲
Unwell or in ill health
seedy
ill
sick
unwell
queasy
poorly
indisposed
nauseous
peaky
crook
bad
nauseated
rough
crummy
liverish
lousy
ropy
grotty
off
wabbit
funny
peaked
peculiar
rotten
ailing
terrible
awful
sickly
peakish
faint
dizzy
giddy
lightheaded
tired
poor
drooping
droopy
flagging
wilted
wilting
off colour
below par
under the weather
out of sorts
not oneself
run down
washed out
not up to par
peely-wally
green about the gills
light-headed
queer
unhealthy
sickened
run-down
off-colour
UK
off-color
US
unsound
down
punk
squeamish
sickish
queerish
qualmish
groggy
pukish
woozy
sick as a dog
horrible
ropey
ghastly
ugly
pasty-faced
drained
pallid
pasty
queazy
debilitated
unsightly
weak
ashen
whey-faced
ashen-faced
gray
US
colourless
UK
colorless
US
bloodless
anaemic
UK
ashy
grey
UK
reeling
qualmy
not well
infirm
in a bad way
in poor health
under par
cadaverous
sallow
ill-looking
corpse-like
green
uneasy
pale
wan
pinched
not yourself
off one's feed
not up to the mark
bilious
seasick
deathly pale
carsick
airsick
trainsick
travel-sick
sickly-looking
drawn
emaciated
upset
uncomfortable
etiolated
thin
peelie-wally
as white as a ghost
as white as a sheet
anemic
US
uncertain
green around gills
odd
suffering from motion sickness
restless
concerned
dubious
unsettling
unsettled
troubling
suffering from altitude sickness
rocky
doubtful
fidgety
like death warmed up
in poor shape
waxen
white
chalky
milky
deathlike
diseased
chalk-white
blanched
bleached
sapped
deathly
ghostly
feeble
bedridden
not very well
not in good shape
not up to snuff
livid
jaundiced
frail
whitish
waxy
washed-out
lymphatic
haggard
tired-looking
paled
valetudinarian
laid up
white as a sheet
doughy
invalid
infected
unfit
on the sick list
fair
dull
lurid
mealy
wheyfaced
impaired
white as a ghost
laid-up
laid low
cream
afflicted
waxlike
invalided
delicate
iffy
listless
suffering
white-faced
bummed
disordered
feverish
at death's door
fatigued
leaden
alabaster
languid
insipid
faded
light-colored
US
light-coloured
UK
grim
unhealthy-looking
hospitalized
US
incurable
in bad shape
fair-skinned
light-skinned
the worse for wear
down with
rickety
feeling awful
hospitalised
UK
confined
out of action
under medication
in ill health
out of condition
feeling rotten
out of shape
broken down
in poor condition
rundown
slightly unwell
wishy-washy
unstable
low
exhausted
failing
mean
pearly
light
discoloured
UK
enervated
wasted
knackered
ghostlike
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
off form
strange
watery
discolored
US
ineffectual
ineffective
not a hundred percent
gaunt
achy
hypochondriacal
in pain
decrepit
sick as a parrot
anaemic-looking
in bed
jaundiced-looking
worn out
out of commission
dragging
shaky
not feeling up to snuff
declining
not feeling well
hors de combat
confined to bed
got a bug
tottering
weakly
in a decline
not so hot
imperfect
wretched
stricken
defective
not healthy
wobbly
enfeebled
dying
languishing
running temperature
a wreck
got the bug
feeling terrible
off one's feet
wasting away
in bad health
creamy
ivory
spectral
milk-white
looking as if one has seen a ghost
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive
flagrant
blatant
barefaced
glaring
outrageous
enormous
shocking
atrocious
brazen
open
scandalous
awful
bold
egregious
heinous
shameless
undisguised
arrant
flaunting
infamous
notorious
audacious
conspicuous
evident
gross
immodest
naked
obvious
ostentatious
patent
unconcealed
complete
palpable
transparent
utter
crying
disgraceful
flagitious
manifest
monstrous
overt
pronounced
rank
reprehensible
striking
terrible
wicked
flagitous
iniquitous
shameful
unashamed
villainous
capital
deliberate
flaming
grody
noticeable
bald-faced
bare-faced
brass-necked
out and out
out-and-out
stick out like sore thumb
hanging out
outright
extreme
stark
preposterous
plain
serious
sheer
unqualified
downright
grievous
absolute
inordinate
major
significant
apparent
excessive
unmitigated
exorbitant
immoderate
bald
clear
unmistakable
visible
explicit
frank
undeniable
straightforward
unequivocal
unfeigned
clear-cut
unambiguous
distinct
wholehearted
thoroughgoing
discernible
total
prominent
nonambiguous
self-evident
unambivalent
ringing
definite
bright-line
crystal clear
glaringly obvious
matter-of-fact
perceptible
genuine
dinkum
unsubtle
unexaggerated
raging
unveiled
thorough
perfect
in broad daylight
artless
unadulterated
pure
crass
very great
decided
pellucid
broad
perspicuous
luminous
lucid
open-and-shut
luculent
unquestionable
indisputable
blunt
open and shut
unhidden
unrestrained
unsparing
unstinting
direct
forthright
unvarnished
unembellished
candid
honest
upfront
guileless
straight
upright
outspoken
unreserved
unadorned
uninhibited
observable
recognizable
US
heartless
natural
plainspoken
severe
unguarded
real
forthcoming
pointed
brutal
recognized
US
plain to see
unchallenged
accepted
writ large
uncontested
as clear as day
recognisable
UK
recognised
UK
brutally honest
plain-spoken
flat-out
up-front
free-spoken
no-nonsense
as plain as a pikestaff
standing out a mile
sticking out like a sore thumb
sticking out a mile
standing out like a sore thumb
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Impossible to tolerate
insupportable
intolerable
insufferable
unbearable
unendurable
unacceptable
impossible
oppressive
unspeakable
overpowering
overwhelming
unsupportable
excruciating
enough
heavy-handed
inadmissible
unsufferable
unsurpassable
past bearing
too much
last straw
not to be borne
too much to bear
a bit much
unreasonable
unmanageable
intractable
objectionable
ungovernable
awkward
recalcitrant
offensive
difficult
wayward
painful
terrible
demanding
perverse
improper
infuriating
maddening
exasperating
egregious
beyond bearing
enough to try the patience of Job
agonizing
US
enough to try the patience of a saint
agonising
UK
beyond endurance
awful
horrendous
undesirable
beyond the pale
enough to tax the patience of a saint
enough to test the patience of a saint
unsustainable
unabideable
final straw
inexcusable
no-win
enough already
killing
more than one can stand
more than flesh and blood can stand
more than one can bear
more ❯
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