grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; subjected to outrageous cruelty; a hideous pattern of injustice; horrific conditions in the mining industry
[ Syn: hideous , horrid , outrageous ]
causing fear or dread or terror; 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
[ Syn: awful , dire , direful , dread , dreaded , dreadful , fearful , fearsome , frightening , horrendous , terrible ]