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Extremely or frighteningly bad or serious

Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable

Of low or mediocre quality

Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or bad

Very unwell or troubled

Intolerable in nature

Causing pain or hurt feelings

Having a sense of guilt

Characterized by shame, ignominy or dishonor

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

Large in scale or size

Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive

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Adjective

Extremely or frighteningly bad or serious

unfavourable^UK

life-threatening

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

disadvantageous

earth-shattering

poverty-stricken

heart-wrenching

full of hardship

dishonourable^UK

blood-and-thunder

suggestive of evil

beyond the pale

highly improper

dishonorable^US

extremely upsetting

foolish-looking

beyond contempt

less-than-stellar

indescribably bad

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

beyond description

indescribably evil

not to be borne

on collision course

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“Edward is suspected of having committed terrible crimes against vulnerable individuals.”

Adjective

Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable

very unpleasant

beyond the pale

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

ill-favoured^UK

strictly for the birds

not quite the done thing

very disgusting

unprepossessing

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“The beef was well past its use-by date and tasted terrible.”

Adjective

Of low or mediocre quality

bargain-basement

a load of pants

dissatisfactory

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

good-for-nothing

leaving much to be desired

less-than-stellar

cheap and nasty

unable to do something for toffee

no great shakes

not up to standard

twopenny-halfpenny

strictly for the birds

thrown together

end-of-the-pier

of poor quality

not good enough

unable to do something to save one's life

lowest of the low

leaving a lot to be desired

not functioning

out of commission

on its last legs

non-functioning

not in working order

bottom-of-barrel

in a state of disrepair

not all it's cracked up to be

in need of repair

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“They have just released a terrible movie that will probably be a flop.”

Adjective

Used to emphasize the extent of something unpleasant or bad

“The house would become a terrible mess following the wild party.”

Adjective

Very unwell or troubled

green about the gills

under the weather

like death warmed up

not up to the mark

not up to snuff

on the sick list

not in good shape

at death's door

hypochondriacal

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

green around gills

as white as a ghost

as white as a sheet

white as a sheet

white as a ghost

light-colored^US

light-coloured^UK

unhealthy-looking

hospitalized^US

the worse for wear

hospitalised^UK

under medication

sick as a parrot

jaundiced-looking

slightly unwell

not a hundred percent

anaemic-looking

out of condition

in poor condition

not feeling up to snuff

running temperature

feeling terrible

not feeling well

out of commission

confined to bed

looking as if one has seen a ghost

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“I had to take the rest of the day off as I was feeling terrible.”

Adjective

Intolerable in nature

life-threatening

extremely painful

all-encompassing

of great consequence

of the utmost importance

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

pulling no punches

encyclopedic^US

encyclopaedic^UK

lacking self-control

one-hundred percent

root-and-branch

not backward in coming forward

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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“My whole body was in terrible pain after my grueling workout.”

Adjective

Causing pain or hurt feelings

“Accusing us of a crime was a terrible thing for Jessie to do.”

Adjective

Having a sense of guilt

conscience-stricken

self-reproachful

“He still feels terrible about eating the last shortbread cookie.”

Adjective

Characterized by shame, ignominy or dishonor

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

of bad reputation

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Adjective

Inhumanly or outrageously evil or immorally wrong

beneath contempt

Mephistophelian

beyond the pale

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

mephistophelean

good-for-nothing

without scruples

without standards

uncompassionate

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Adjective

Large in scale or size

not to be sneezed at

of considerable size

not inconsiderable

extremely large

larger-than-life

earth-shattering

disproportionate

through the ceiling

worth taking into account

wide physically

greatest possible

a great deal of

a fair amount of

powerfully built

more than human

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Adjective

Conspicuously or obviously bad, wrong or offensive

stick out like sore thumb

straightforward

outrageously bad

standing out a mile

as plain as a pikestaff

sticking out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

staring someone in the face

standing out like a sore thumb

as plain as day

glaringly obvious

through and through

in every respect

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