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Extremely or frighteningly bad or serious

Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable

Of low or mediocre quality

Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or bad

Very unwell or troubled

Intolerable in nature

Causing pain or hurt feelings

Having a sense of guilt

Characterized by shame, ignominy or dishonor

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

Large in scale or size

Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive

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Adjective

Extremely or frighteningly bad or serious

unfavourable^UK

life-threatening

disadvantageous

demoralizing^US

earth-shattering

demoralising^UK

poverty-stricken

heart-wrenching

full of hardship

dishonourable^UK

suggestive of evil

blood-and-thunder

highly improper

dishonorable^US

extremely upsetting

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably wicked

indescribably evil

beyond contempt

too horrible for words

not to be borne

on collision course

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“Edward is suspected of having committed terrible crimes against vulnerable individuals.”

Adjective

Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable

very unpleasant

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

ill-favoured^UK

strictly for the birds

very disgusting

not quite the done thing

unprepossessing

less-than-stellar

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“The beef was well past its use-by date and tasted terrible.”

Adjective

Of low or mediocre quality

bargain-basement

a load of pants

dissatisfactory

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

good-for-nothing

leaving much to be desired

less-than-stellar

cheap and nasty

no great shakes

unable to do something for toffee

not up to standard

strictly for the birds

twopenny-halfpenny

end-of-the-pier

thrown together

of poor quality

not good enough

lowest of the low

unable to do something to save one's life

foolish-looking

leaving a lot to be desired

not functioning

out of commission

non-functioning

on its last legs

not in working order

bottom-of-barrel

in a state of disrepair

not all it's cracked up to be

in need of repair

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“They have just released a terrible movie that will probably be a flop.”

Adjective

Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or bad

“The house would become a terrible mess following the wild party.”

Adjective

Very unwell or troubled

green about the gills

under the weather

like death warmed up

not up to snuff

not up to the mark

on the sick list

not in good shape

at death's door

hypochondriacal

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

green around gills

white as a sheet

white as a ghost

light-colored^US

light-coloured^UK

unhealthy-looking

hospitalized^US

the worse for wear

hospitalised^UK

under medication

out of condition

in poor condition

slightly unwell

not a hundred percent

sick as a parrot

anaemic-looking

jaundiced-looking

out of commission

not feeling up to snuff

not feeling well

confined to bed

running temperature

feeling terrible

looking as if one has seen a ghost

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“I had to take the rest of the day off as I was feeling terrible.”

Adjective

Intolerable in nature

life-threatening

extremely painful

all-encompassing

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

pulling no punches

rough-and-tumble

raining cats and dogs

encyclopedic^US

encyclopaedic^UK

overextravagant

one-hundred percent

root-and-branch

not backward in coming forward

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“My whole body was in terrible pain after my grueling workout.”

Adjective

Causing pain or hurt feelings

“Accusing us of a crime was a terrible thing for Jessie to do.”

Adjective

Having a sense of guilt

conscience-stricken

self-reproachful

“He still feels terrible about eating the last shortbread cookie.”

Adjective

Characterized by shame, ignominy or dishonor

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

near the knuckle

not the done thing

not quite the thing

of bad reputation

close to the bone

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Adjective

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

Mephistophelian

beneath contempt

beyond the pale

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

good-for-nothing

mephistophelean

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Adjective

Large in scale or size

not to be sneezed at

of considerable size

not inconsiderable

extremely large

larger-than-life

earth-shattering

disproportionate

through the ceiling

worth taking into account

wide physically

a great deal of

a fair amount of

powerfully built

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Adjective

Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive

stick out like sore thumb

straightforward

outrageously bad

standing out a mile

as plain as a pikestaff

sticking out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

staring someone in the face

standing out like a sore thumb

as plain as day

glaringly obvious

through and through

in every respect

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