(adj) exceptionally bad or displeasing, Syn. unspeakable, painful, awful, dreadful, terrible, abominable, Example:atrocious taste; abominable workmanship; an awful voice; dreadful manners; a painful performance; terrible handwriting; an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
(adj) causing fear or dread or terror, Syn. horrendous, dire, dreadful, horrific, fearsome, dreaded, direful, frightening, terrible, dread, fearful, Example: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
(adv) in a dreadful manner, Syn. dreadfully, Example:as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
[死有余辜 / 死有餘辜, sǐ yǒu yú gūㄙˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ ㄍㄨ] death cannot wipe out the crimes (成语 saw); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead#74795
[すごい, sugoi] (adj-i) (1) (uk) terrible; dreadful; (2) amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific; (3) to a great extent; vast (in numbers); (P)