adj satadj.allgrossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horrorSynset:hideous horrid outrageous
Examples:- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
Antonyms:inoffensive
Derivationally Related Form:horridnessoutrageousnessoutrage
Inherited Hypernyms:hideous
Similar to:offensive
adj satadj.allcausing fear or dread or terrorSynset:awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous terrible
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:unalarming
Derivationally Related Form:terriblenessdreadawfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:awful
Similar to:alarming