ETYM Latin atrox, atrocis, cruel, fierce: cf. French atroce.
1. Exceptionally bad or displeasing; SYN. abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable.
2. Provoking horror; SYN. frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly.
3. Shockingly brutal or cruel; SYN. flagitious, grievous, heinous, monstrous.

(Homonym: offal).
1. Disgusting, or of very poor quality; SYN. horrible, terrible.
2. Causing fear or dread or terror; SYN. dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible.

Causing a sensation as of things crawling on one's skin.

(Homonym: dyer).
1. Ill-boding; portentous.
2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

1. Very unpleasant.
2. Inspiring dread; causing great and oppressive fear
3. Inspiring awe or reverence
4. Extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, or shocking
5. Extreme

Barren or rocky hill or moor.

ETYM Latin formidabilis, from formidare to fear, dread: cf. French formidable.
1. Extremely impressive in strength or excellence.
2. Inspiring fear; SYN. redoubtable, unnerving.

Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; SYN. grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre.

Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; SYN. inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting.

ETYM Scot.
Macabre; horrible to look at or imagine.

ETYM Old Eng. horrible, orrible, Old Fren. horrible, orrible, French horrible, from Latin horribilis, from horrere. Related to Horror.
1. Detestable; aweful.
2. Ugly.

ETYM Latin horridus. Related to Horror, Ordure.
Exceedingly bad.

ETYM Latin luridus.
1. Ghastly pale.
2. Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; SYN. shocking.
3. Horrible in fierceness or savagery.
4. Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke.
Red-yellow; yellow-brown.

ETYM Old Eng. monstruous, French monstrueux, from Latin monstruosus, from monstrum. Related to Monster.
Abnormally large.

ETYM Latin odiosus, from odium hatred: cf. French odieux. Related to Odium.
Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds.

Astonishing; surprising; coming as a shock.

ETYM French, from Latin terribilis, from terrere to frighten. Related to Terror.
1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.
2. Excessive; extreme; severe.
3. Disagreable in the extreme.