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| Main Entry: | horrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bloodcurdling, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hair-raising, heinous, hideous, horrid, loathsome, lousy |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | appalling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astounding, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, intimidating, mean, shocking, terrible, terrifying, daunting, disheartening, dismaying, grody, horrid, horrific, petrifying, scaring, the end, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | comforting, encouraging, satisfying, reassuring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad; terrible |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, deplorable, depressing, dire, disgusting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, grungy*, harrowing, hideous, horrible, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly, grody, horrendous, horrific, horrifying |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, good, pleasing, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgusting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickening; repulsive |
| Synonyms: | abominable, awful, beastly, cloying, creepy, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, ghastly, gross*, gruesome, hateful, hideous, icky*, loathsome, lousy, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameless, shocking, sleazy*, stinking, vile, vulgar, yucky*, grody, horrid, horrific, nerdy, satiating, scuzzy, sleazeball, surfeiting, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | attractive, desirous, pleasant, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dreadful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, frightening |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, grievous, grim, gross*, hideous, icky*, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked, godawful, grody, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | execrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, sickening |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched, horrific |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | gruesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, awful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, appalling, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, hideous, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spine-tingling*, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird*, daunting, grody, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, pleasant, pretty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shocking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outrageous; very surprising |
| Synonyms: | abominable, appalling, atrocious, awful, burning, crying, desperate, detestable, direful, disgraceful, disgusting, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, fearful, formidable, foul, frightful, ghastly, glaring, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, loathsome, monstrous, nauseating, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shameful, sickening, terrible, ugly, unspeakable, horrific, horrifying, stupefying |
| Antonyms: | calming, comforting, soothing |
| Main Entry: | weird |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | odd, bizarre |
| Synonyms: | awe-inspiring, awful, creepy*, curious, dreadful, eccentric, eerie*, far-out*, fearful, flaky*, funky*, ghastly, ghostly, grotesque, haunting, inscrutable, kinky*, magical, mysterious, occult, oddball*, ominous, outlandish, peculiar, preternatural, queer, secret, singular, spooky*, strange, supernal, supernatural, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unnatural, freaky, horrific, kooky |
| Antonyms: | normal, regular, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | formidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, terrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, awful, dangerous, dire, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, imposing, impregnable, intimidating, menacing, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, terrific, threatening, daunting, dismaying, horrific |
| Antonyms: | feeble, friendly, harmless, nice, pleasant, powerless, weak |
| Main Entry: | terrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense |
| Synonyms: | appalling, awesome, awful, deafening, disquieting, dreadful, enormous, excessive, extreme, fearful, fierce, formidable, frightful, gigantic, great, harsh, horrible, huge, immense, large, monstrous, severe, shocking, terrible, thunderous, tremendous, agitating, horrific, terrorizing, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising*, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable, bloodcurdling, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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