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Adjective
▲
Extremely bad or serious
dreadful
horrible
awful
horrifying
horrendous
shocking
appalling
ghastly
atrocious
gruesome
horrific
monstrous
dire
hideous
abhorrent
desperate
dread
serious
terrifying
abominable
hateful
unspeakable
grave
grim
heinous
horrid
vile
alarming
direful
dismal
distressing
dreaded
egregious
execrable
frightening
grievous
harrowing
insufferable
lousy
severe
sickening
wretched
bad
fearsome
forbidding
grisly
lamentable
lurid
macabre
redoubtable
rotten
terrific
vicious
dangerous
disastrous
disturbing
excessive
extreme
formidable
inconvenient
intimidating
nightmarish
petrifying
punk
scary
unfortunate
unnerving
unwelcome
hair-raising
spine-chilling
more ❯
“Edward is suspected of having committed terrible crimes against vulnerable individuals.”
Adjective
▲
Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable
disgusting
nasty
abominable
awful
dreadful
foul
frightful
ghastly
horrible
horrid
loathsome
vile
hideous
horrendous
nauseating
nauseous
odious
repellent
repugnant
repulsive
revolting
sickening
very unpleasant
appalling
evil-smelling
foul-smelling
noxious
objectionable
obnoxious
offensive
rank
smelly
stinking
acrid
diabolical
foetidUK
fetidUS
God-awful
gruesome
malodorous
putrid
rancid
sick-making
yucky
beastly
bogging
gross
grotty
icky
niffy
pongy
stinky
whiffy
disgustful
funky
hellacious
loathly
lousy
mephitic
miasmal
noisome
skanky
from hell
olid
on the nose
distressing
excruciating
sooty
messy
smeared
manky
gungy
tarnished
scungy
mud-caked
feculent
slimy
unwashed
besmeared
crummy
unsanitary
unhygienic
muddied
miry
slovenly
sloppy
impure
insanitary
grimed
shabby
contaminated
defiled
spotted
uncleaned
dirt-encrusted
dishevelledUK
disheveledUS
discoloredUS
blemished
marked
ruined
discolouredUK
not clean
mud-encrusted
untidy
unkempt
smeary
slatternly
bespattered
fouled
seedy
brackish
raunchy
harmful
hurtful
deleterious
unhealthy
pernicious
injurious
mischievous
greasy
cloudy
slushy
sludgy
baneful
unwholesome
pestilential
deadly
insalutary
dangerous
immoral
oozy
sticky
murky
faecalUK
insalubrious
straggly
disarrayed
dreggy
gloopy
decaying
smoky
caked
sloughy
unlaundered
dishabille
undusted
mung
dungy
spattered
unswept
putrefied
mucous
clammy
muculent
viscous
glutinous
scruffy
verminous
slipshod
soily
horry
fecalUS
odorous
mouldyUK
moldyUS
mud-spattered
ignoble
shoddy
ignominious
tawdry
corrupt
low
disreputable
debased
dishonest
dishonourableUK
degenerate
debauched
vicious
seamy
snide
servile
abject
currish
decadent
dishonorableUS
discreditable
sleazoid
avaricious
degraded
louche
poor
calculated
venal
mercenary
covetous
low-minded
self-seeking
low-down
more ❯
“The beef was well past its use-by date and tasted terrible.”
Adjective
▲
Of low or mediocre quality
poor
awful
inferior
dreadful
inadequate
appalling
hopeless
lousy
atrocious
dire
duff
laughable
pants
pathetic
unsatisfactory
useless
abysmal
bad
crummy
frightful
mediocre
pitiful
substandard
wretched
miserable
chronic
execrable
junky
poxy
rotten
rubbish
rubbishy
shoddy
trashy
bodger
bum
cheap
cheapjack
coarse
common
schlock
schlocky
sleazy
trumpery
cut-rate
gimcrack
low-grade
low-rent
second-rate
bargain-basement
el cheapo
very bad
a load of pants
craptacular
more ❯
“They have just released a terrible movie that will probably be a flop.”
Adjective
▲
Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or bad
incorrigible
real
awful
extreme
great
right
shocking
dreadful
frightful
impossible
outrageous
proper
fearful
scandalous
atrocious
horrible
disgraceful
appalling
wicked
heinous
abominable
infamous
offensive
unspeakable
villainous
monstrous
beastly
horrendous
abhorrent
nefarious
more ❯
“The house would become a terrible mess following the wild party.”
Adjective
▲
Very unwell or troubled
ill
poorly
sick
unwell
dizzy
faint
nauseated
nauseous
queasy
rough
crook
indisposed
peaky
bad
liverish
lousy
giddy
lightheaded
light-headed
off
awful
crummy
dreadful
grotty
peely-wally
ropy
off colour
peaked
peakish
queer
seedy
wabbit
green about the gills
out of sorts
under the weather
white
waxen
chalky
deathlike
chalk-white
sapped
ghostly
blanched
milky
deathly
haggard
livid
lymphatic
tired
bleached
jaundiced
whitish
waxy
gaunt
washed-out
tired-looking
paled
lurid
doughy
mealy
fatigued
invalid
hollow-cheeked
hollow-eyed
white as a sheet
wasted
white-faced
dull
grim
ghostlike
wheyfaced
worn
exhausted
enervated
rundown
unfit
skeletal
faded
scrawny
listless
scraggy
spectral
suffering
delicate
careworn
starved
white as a ghost
shrunken
withered
leaden
in bad shape
worn-out
languid
insipid
skinny
lean
raddled
spare
unhealthy-looking
fair
light-colouredUK
lank
low
bony
light-coloredUS
skin-and-bones
raw-boned
hospitalizedUS
incurable
the worse for wear
starveling
spindle-shanked
hospitalisedUK
confined
out of action
macilent
anorexic
corpselike
under medication
on sick list
skin and bones
looking as if one has seen a ghost
out of condition
feeling awful
as thin as a rake
feeling rotten
broken down
down with
like a bag of bones
slightly unwell
yellowish
weary
worn out
knackered
failing
mean
characterless
not yourself
fraught
stressed
taut
jaundiced-looking
unstable
pearly
light
off one's feed
lacklustreUK
lacklusterUS
watery
yellow
muddy
greenish-yellow
off form
discolouredUK
dying
languishing
wrinkled
spent
strained
tense
wizened
anaemic-looking
forceless
depressed
discoloredUS
ineffectual
ineffective
not a hundred percent
sick as a parrot
in bed
wasting
enfeebled
declining
out of commission
dragging
shaky
not feeling up to snuff
tottering
in bad health
hors de combat
confined to bed
got a bug
not so hot
imperfect
wretched
defective
not healthy
wobbly
deep
macabre
appalling
stony
tomblike
gruesome
defunctive
exsanguinous
wearied
weakened
worn-down
fagged
fretted
not feeling well
in ill health
out of shape
in poor condition
in a decline
very thin
angular
dead
bag of bones
consumptive
shadowy
skeletonlike
over-thin
spindly
size-zero
lanky
shrivelledUK
lantern-jawed
rawboned
alabaster
cream
creamy
ivory
light-skinned
fair-skinned
milk-white
looking like a bag of bones
skeleton
as thin as a reed
looking like death warmed up
attenuated
meagerUS
skin and bone
without an ounce of fat
shriveledUS
meagreUK
unsubstantial
insubstantial
waxlike
running temperature
a wreck
got the bug
feeling terrible
off one's feet
more ❯
“I had to take the rest of the day off as I was feeling terrible.”
Adjective
▲
Intolerable in nature
excruciating
agonisingUK
agonizingUS
extreme
intense
severe
acute
deep
dreadful
insufferable
intolerable
profound
unbearable
unendurable
almighty
blistering
ferocious
fierce
explosive
exquisite
frightful
furious
ghastly
hard
heavy
heavy-duty
hellacious
intensive
keen
vehement
vicious
violent
more ❯
“My whole body was in terrible pain after my grueling workout.”
Adjective
▲
Causing pain or hurt feelings
unkind
nasty
cruel
foul
mean
unfair
unpleasant
vile
despicable
dirty
obnoxious
poisonous
shabby
beastly
contemptible
hurtful
malicious
off
unacceptable
wretched
hateful
low-down
mean-spirited
spiteful
unwarranted
uncharitable
filthy
dirty rotten
uncalled for
out of order
below the belt
“Accusing us of a crime was a terrible thing for Jessie to do.”
Adjective
▲
Having a sense of guilt
guilty
ashamed
chastened
sorry
apologetic
conscience-stricken
contrite
guilt-ridden
penitent
regretful
remorseful
repentant
self-reproachful
shamefaced
full of regret
“He still feels terrible about eating the last shortbread cookie.”
Adjective
▲
Tending to cause great distress or anxiety
lamentable
tragic
woeful
dreadful
awful
wretched
dire
deplorable
distressing
appalling
miserable
unfortunate
grievous
heartbreaking
sad
rotten
disastrous
pitiful
regrettable
hopeless
calamitous
shameful
execrable
heartrending
harrowing
upsetting
unlucky
mean
distressful
egregious
grave
sorrowful
mournful
unfavourableUK
dirty
tragical
unfavorableUS
ignominious
intolerable
melancholy
desperate
afflictive
inexcusable
meagerUS
meagreUK
hurting
gut-wrenching
god-awful
too bad
well below par
a pity
mediocre
dismal
inept
shoddy
a load of pants
rubbish
shabby
catastrophic
cataclysmic
sucky
direful
derisory
ridiculous
rueful
absurd
affecting
ludicrous
horrible
abominable
horrendous
ghastly
foolish-looking
silly
hideous
beastly
odious
second-rate
third-rate
unacceptable
substandard
very bad
God-awful
faulty
downer
stinking
unbearable
sickening
dishonourableUK
grim
dolorous
dishonorableUS
shocking
opprobrious
overwhelming
scandalous
horrifying
bummer
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Repulsive or not aesthetically pleasant
ugly
hideous
unattractive
unsightly
ghastly
gruesome
grisly
unpleasant
nasty
shocking
disgusting
revolting
grotesque
monstrous
deformed
disfigured
unpretty
plain-featured
unhandsome
plain-looking
unbeautiful
abominable
bestial
detestable
gross
horrendous
horrid
loathsome
macabre
morbid
offensive
repulsive
sickening
terrifying
unappealing
unlovely
weird
misshapen
unpleasing
unprepossessing
plain
repugnant
repellent
vile
grim
foul
awful
frightful
horrible
disagreeable
displeasing
uncomely
beastly
repelling
uninviting
unseemly
reptilian
ill-favoredUS
bad-looking
huckery
ill-favouredUK
as ugly as sin
hard-favoured
hard-featured
short on looks
odd
bizarre
fanciful
outlandish
strange
fantastic
whimsical
twisted
mutilated
gnarled
mangled
peculiar
rum
incongruous
surrealistic
uncanny
queer
laughable
extravagant
surreal
perverted
flamboyant
aberrant
absurd
grody
extreme
antic
eerie
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Large in scale or size
great
big
immense
appreciable
boundless
considerable
enormous
extreme
gigantic
high
huge
large
sizeable
strong
tremendous
vast
colossal
mammoth
abundant
ample
extended
extensive
giant
ginormous
humongous
humungous
prodigious
pronounced
protracted
stupendous
thumping
titanic
towering
voluminous
whopping
broad
bulky
cosmic
excessive
expansive
gargantuan
jumbo
massive
monstrous
numerous
oversize
prolonged
sizable
spacious
wide
bull
decided
fat
herculean
lengthy
long
mondo
husky
astronomic
astronomical
biggish
bumper
cavernous
cosmical
elephantine
galactic
goodly
Himalayan
hulking
king-size
king-sized
largish
leviathan
monolithic
mountainous
outsize
outsized
oversized
supersized
vasty
walloping
whacking
brobdingnagian
Bunyanesque
heavyweight
massy
mastodonic
king size
mighty
formidable
mega
awful
extraordinary
dreadful
fearful
very great
whopping great
whacking great
monumental
substantial
grand
epic
astounding
monster
overwhelming
intense
super
oceanic
heroical
heroic
pharaonic
appalling
whopper
gigantesque
supersize
cyclopean
frightful
planetary
severe
fierce
horrific
harsh
inordinate
super-duper
Herculean
thumping great
awesome
terrific
thunderous
Brobdingnagian
great big
very big
hefty
gross
heavy
weighty
very large
impressive
stellar
fantastic
immeasurable
handsome
almighty
magnificent
remarkable
imposing
grandiose
striking
phenomenal
ponderous
significant
infinite
limitless
behemoth
blimp
marvellousUK
tidy
major
outstanding
staggering
marvelousUS
pythonic
generous
extravagant
princely
exceptional
excellent
dirty great
serious
profuse
amazing
exorbitant
whale of a
unlimited
measureless
tall
lavish
overgrown
fabulous
large-scale
majestic
supreme
cumbersome
thundering
whaling
lofty
unwieldy
solid
superb
boxcar
incalculable
stunning
sublime
endless
unbounded
decisive
notable
spectacular
illimitable
memorable
Homeric
behemothic
resounding
roaring
interminable
incredible
capacious
copious
splendid
sensational
complete
unqualified
commodious
wonderful
thorough
fine
out-and-out
rip-roaring
utmost
awe-inspiring
marked
conclusive
emphatic
healthy
magnific
burly
strapping
giant-size
consequential
important
unmistakable
noteworthy
giant-sized
acute
statuesque
august
extra-large
fathomless
unfathomable
never-ending
roomy
wondrous
kingly
glorious
stately
regal
plenteous
imperial
baronial
good
resplendent
proud
substantive
brawny
royal
momentous
maximum
super-colossal
unusual
beefy
sturdy
titan
eternal
awkward
historic
material
paramount
elevated
eminent
man-size
of considerable size
man-sized
bottomless
illustrious
sweeping
hunky
portly
cumbrous
noble
inexhaustible
barn door
comprehensive
far-reaching
full-size
powerfully built
solidly built
ominous
superior
bountiful
plentiful
ultimate
palatial
gorgeous
a whale of a
splendiferous
commanding
super colossal
unbelievable
uttermost
muscular
lumbering
brilliant
surpassing
mind-blowing
breathtaking
stout
top
clumsy
urgent
critical
extremely large
extremely big
mind-boggling
unforgettable
dramatic
jumbo-sized
untold
meaty
thick
powerful
hulky
thickset
cracking
Cyclopean
mortal
abnormal
liberal
Gargantuan
ungainly
dignified
enduring
renowned
steep
sky-high
ambitious
prolific
mahoosive
unending
stiff
exceeding
exalted
larger-than-life
rich
gallant
devastating
inestimable
transcendent
global
distinguished
superabundant
much
horizonless
indefinite
immensurable
megalithic
everlasting
unreal
detailed
good-size
good-sized
mesomorphic
socking great
mastodontic
well built
heavy-duty
earthshaking
earth-shattering
bounteous
immoderate
thewy
respectable
without limit
without end
deep
opulent
swanky
stirring
no end to
palatine
sumptuous
exquisite
divine
no end of
queenly
elegant
celestial
beautiful
splendorous
heavenly
full
sightly
arresting
solemn
luxurious
distinct
Moby
deafening
ear-splitting
ear-piercing
booming
thrashing
superhuman
Olympian
unmitigated
daunting
crashing
laborious
girthy
lasting
classic
unmanageable
Brobdignagian
startling
miraculous
very loud
astonishing
moving
irresistible
dynamic
immortal
flabbergasting
unmanoeuvrable
widespread
wicked
pleasing
desperate
loud
elephantic
OS
fantabulous
expanded
rare
max
honourableUK
honorableUS
incommodious
mundo
disproportionate
unhandy
epoch-making
shattering
through the ceiling
priceless
invaluable
eventful
what
abiding
permanent
leaden
profitable
spanking
oafish
lumpish
worthy
measurable
innumerable
vital
crucial
buff
robust
ripped
shredded
life-size
burdensome
lank
wide-ranging
comfortable
far-flung
spread-out
stretched-out
meaningful
loutish
heavily built
clodhopping
clunky
out of this world
reasonable
indeterminable
swelled
fair-sized
family-sized
family-size
fair-size
economy-size
economy-sized
authoritative
stalwart
jacked
interplanetary
catholic
cosmopolitan
cosmogonic
empyrean
interstellar
cosmogonal
space
intergalactic
ecumenical
wholesale
noticeable
all-inclusive
the
what great
tectonic
unco
stark
fair
lordly
crushing
paralysingUK
prime
precious
stocky
soaring
decent
fleshy
obese
heavyset
muscly
chunky
overweight
chubby
first-class
first-rate
haughty
corpulent
well-built
weighing a ton
earthshattering
wide-reaching
exhaustive
mass
heightened
above average
intemperate
unreasonable
escalated
increased
jacked up
intensified
fundamental
perpetual
unnumberable
myriad
innumerous
valuable
tolerable
overcoming
paralyzingUS
maximal
Falstaffian
tubby
paunchy
porky
flabby
pudgy
fubsy
plump
rugged
rotund
podgy
pretty
universal
nationwide
essential
central
pressing
larger
buxom
greater
zaftig
something else
exciting
eye-opening
unfathomed
numberless
ostentatious
eye-catching
venerable
worth taking into account
not to be sneezed at
multistorey
sky-scraping
leading
packed
across-the-board
international
chock-full
stuffed
intercontinental
awash
all-encompassing
worldwide
brimming
crowded
sempiternal
incessant
million
all-embracing
without number
uncounted
supertemporal
perdurable
amaranthine
highest
greatest
not inconsiderable
roly-poly
big and strong
muscle-bound
broad in the beam
broad-shouldered
corn-fed
well upholstered
well fed
beyond price
unconscionable
overextravagant
overmuch
undue
overdue
insane
overweening
intolerable
plethoric
baroque
fancy
unmerciful
devilish
altitudinous
superlative
consummate
ultra
indescribable
raging
sovereign
worthwhile
airy
preeminent
spiring
aerial
unmatchable
towery
unmeasurable
skyscraping
mother of all
greatest possible
especial
high-priority
dire
uppermost
overriding
telling
earnest
special
page-one
portentous
of great consequence
unmissable
life-and-death
conspicuous
grave
downright
egregious
total
absolute
utter
abounding
cardinal
capital
of import
burning
of great import
of moment
front-page
newsworthy
of great moment
determining
veritable
hellacious
pure
ceaseless
unfailing
undying
unconfined
forceful
rank
right
unadulterated
flagrant
grievous
radical
proper
outrageous
brutal
unalloyed
uber
sheer
preposterous
arrant
unfading
unbottomed
unceasing
wide open
no holds barred
no catch
no strings
no strings attached
most important
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Severe
splitting
blistering
breakneck
breathless
brisk
dizzy
fast
fleet
fleet-footed
flying
galloping
hasty
hot
lightning
nippy
quick
rapid
rapid-fire
rattling
snappy
speedy
swift
whirlwind
zippy
awful
dreadful
excruciating
frightful
intense
piercing
severe
unbearable
desultory
superficial
casual
momentary
direct
transient
sketchy
temporary
fugacious
offhand
ephemeral
unanticipated
unforeseen
unthinking
evanescent
impermanent
rushing
flash
flitting
slight
careless
token
inattentive
incidental
fugitive
unceremonious
split-second
deciduous
drive-by
snap
without warning
short-term
turbo
glancing
velocious
hypersonic
uninterested
surprising
shallow
up-tempo
mechanical
overhasty
gadarene
uncritical
depthless
dismissive
helter-skelter
rude
half-hearted
slipshod
half-baked
pell-mell
fading
startling
haphazard
little
curtailed
violent
unlooked-for
without notice
straightaway
limited
shifting
spasmodic
precipitant
volatile
vanishing
flashing
gone in flash
ultrarapid
ultrafast
in wink of an eye
forthwith
jerky
determined
no-nonsense
resolute
efficient
prevenient
arbitrary
anticipatory
diligent
spur-of-the-moment
touch-and-go
willing
rush
effectual
effective
without formality
without hesitation
hurry-up
responsive
irresponsible
temporal
succinct
infinitesimal
furious
interim
without discussion
fast-tracked
dreamlike
fast-paced
unfussy
purposeless
short and sweet
impromptu
acute
now or never
not to be delayed
perishable
unconsidered
like lightning
unusual
speeded
unenduring
wee
inadequate
nodding
trite
hit-or-miss
uncivil
undignified
impolite
discourteous
trifling
flash in the pan
here today and gone tomorrow
fly-by-night
nasty
hastening
indifferent
not bargained for
out of the blue
imperfect
flimsy
partial
insincere
inconsequential
feigning
paltry
unpleasant
off
unmannerly
unconcerned
harsh
disagreeable
spontaneous
lackadaisical
losing no time
crude
surface-level
disinterested
insensible
apathetic
pococurante
uncurious
complacent
insouciant
nonchalant
negligent
brutal
incurious
slovenly
wooden
heedless
hair-trigger
routine
automatic
brusque
shocking
unpredicted
unforgiving
on the spot
in a flash
cool
random
sloppy
phoning it in
walking through it
laid-back
going through the motions
hit or miss
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Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements
knotty
complex
complicated
intricate
difficult
hard
involved
baffling
convoluted
tangled
thorny
tricky
troublesome
awkward
mystifying
perplexing
Byzantine
involute
problematic
puzzling
taxing
tortuous
baroque
byzantine
complicate
daedal
elaborate
insoluble
labyrinthian
labyrinthine
obscure
sophisticated
unanswerable
unfathomable
impenetrable
involuted
problematical
effortful
formidable
Gordian
mazy
ramified
reticular
uphill
can of worms
meticulous
exhaustive
complete
specific
accurate
comprehensive
explicit
in-depth
itemizedUS
fine
close
itemisedUK
elaborated
seriatim
scrupulous
punctilious
strict
rigorous
dainty
sweeping
personal
encyclopedicUS
finicky
exclusive
demanding
definite
encyclopaedicUK
special
layered
inordinate
state-of-the-art
radical
faithful
selective
drastic
systematic
critical
intrinsic
topical
all-inclusive
daunting
operose
strenuous
appropriate
actual
extreme
revolutionary
elite
immediate
all-embracing
stage by stage
step by step
major
developed
experienced
profuse
abundant
plentiful
lavish
rich
copious
ample
clocklike
specialisedUK
specializedUS
enumerated
intensive
liberal
sufficient
private
elegant
individual
in depth
point-by-point
high-level
higher-level
firsthand
direct
penetrating
at length
fastidious
absolute
essential
elemental
total
satisfying
top-level
perfect
consummate
intimate
categorical
unqualified
in detail
broad-ranging
first-hand
finical
exquisite
faultless
nice
methodical
fine-drawn
persnickety
superior
finicking
hairsplitting
orderly
finespun
nifty
ultra-fine
hairline
dead on
winning
unerring
incorrupted
polished
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