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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
Main Entry: appalling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying

Synonyms:

alarming, astounding, awful, bad, daunting, dire, disheartening, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grody, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrific, intimidating, mean, petrifying, scaring, shocking, terrible, terrifying, the end, unnerving

Antonyms:

comforting, encouraging, reassuring, satisfying
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, grody, gross*, gruesome, grungy, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, nasty, offensive, raunchy, repulsive, shocking, stinking, synthetic, tough, ugly, unpleasant, unsightly

Antonyms:

beautiful, good, ok, pleasing
Main Entry: disgusting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sickening; repulsive

Synonyms:

abominable, awful, beastly, cloying, creepy, detestable, distasteful, foul, frightful, ghastly, grody, gross*, gruesome, hateful, hideous, horrid, horrific, icky, loathsome, lousy, macabre, monstrous, nasty, nauseating, nerdy, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, repellent, repugnant, revolting, rotten, satiating, scandalous, scuzzy, shameless, shocking, sleazeball, sleazy*, stinking, surfeiting, vile, vulgar, yecchy, yucky

Antonyms:

attractive, desirous, pleasant, pleasing
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, godawful, grievous, grim, grody, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horrific, icky, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, shuddersome, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked

Antonyms:

pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful
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, horrific, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched

Antonyms:

nice, pleasant
Main Entry: fearful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying

Synonyms:

appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, bloodcurdling, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, shuddersome, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable
Notes: someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome

Antonyms:

good, nice, pleasant
Main Entry: formidable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, terrifying

Synonyms:

appalling, awful, dangerous, daunting, dire, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, horrific, imposing, impregnable, intimidating, menacing, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, terrific, threatening

Antonyms:

feeble, friendly, harmless, nice, pleasant, powerless, weak
Main Entry: gruesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, awful

Synonyms:

abominable, appalling, daunting, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grody, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spine-tingling, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird*

Antonyms:

beautiful, pleasant, pretty
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, horrific, horrifying, loathsome, monstrous, nauseating, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shameful, sickening, stupefying, terrible, ugly, unspeakable

Antonyms:

calming, comforting, soothing
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