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• “causing horror“
• “subjected to outrageous cruelty“
• “a hideous pattern of injustice“
• “horrific conditions in the mining industry“

Synonyms

• hideous grossly offensive to decency or morality; so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
• horrid exceedingly bad; grossly offensive to decency or morality
• outrageous grossly offensive to decency or morality; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• “the awful war“
• “an awful risk“
• “dire news“
• “a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked“
• “the dread presence of the headmaster“
• “polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was“
• “a dreadful storm“
• “a fearful howling“
• “horrendous explosions shook the city“
• “a terrible curse“

Synonyms

• awful used as intensifiers; exceptionally bad or displeasing; causing fear or dread or terror; offensive or even (of persons) malicious; inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
• dire fraught with extreme danger; causing fear or dread or terror
• direful causing fear or dread or terror
• dread(a)
• dreaded causing fear or dread or terror
• dreadful causing fear or dread or terror; exceptionally bad or displeasing; extremely disagreeable and unpleasant
• fearful experiencing or showing fear; causing fear or dread or terror; lacking courage; extremely distressing; timid by nature or revealing timidity
• fearsome causing fear or dread or terror
• frightening the act of inspiring with fear ; causing fear or dread or terror
• horrendous causing fear or dread or terror
• terrible causing fear or dread or terror; exceptionally bad or displeasing; intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact