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▸ adjective: Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
▸ adjective: (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
▸ adjective: Scared, afraid, frightened.
▸ adjective: Timid, easily frightened.
▸ adjective: Reverential, full of pious awe.
▸ adverb: (informal) Dreadfully.
▸ noun: A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
▸ noun: A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
▸ noun: A shocking or sensational crime.
Similar:
horrific,
atrocious,
fearsome,
frightening,
terrible,
dreaded,
direful,
alarming,
fearful,
horrendous,
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