Definitions

horribly

ADVERB

dreadfully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disturbingly shockingly terribly

STRONG

dismally

WEAK

appallingly badly fearfully tragically

ADVERB

fiercely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angrily boldly brutally ferociously forcefully frantically furiously madly mightily passionately savagely severely vehemently viciously wildly

WEAK

awfully forcibly frenziedly frighteningly hard impetuously in a frenzy irresistibly like cats and dogs maleficiently malevolently malignly monstrous no holds barred riotously roughly stormily tempestuously terribly threateningly tigerishly tooth and nail turbulently uncontrollably venomously with bared teeth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly gently

WEAK

kindly mildly quietly tamely

ADVERB

infernally

Synonyms

WEAK

diabolically extremely fiendishly unbelievably

ADVERB

terribly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awfully badly decidedly desperately dreadfully exceedingly extremely greatly highly intensely mightily notoriously remarkably seriously thoroughly unbelievably

STRONG

frightfully

WEAK

discouragingly disturbingly drastically fearfully gravely markedly much staggeringly unfortunately unhappily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly little mildly trivially

ADVERB

unfortunately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sadly

STRONG

regrettably

WEAK

disastrously dismally grievously lamentably miserably unhappily unsuccessfully

Antonyms

WEAK

appropriately favorably fortunately happily luckily

Example Sentences

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Because it’s the idea that everybody sees themselves as a hero of this story, where they’re treating the people on the other side horribly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Read my past op-ed: The price Americans pay for medicine has gotten horribly out of control.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Kerstin G died of hypothermia on a mountain climbing trip to the Grossglockner that went horribly wrong.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

First, in an individual’s case, however horribly he’s been treated, he’s only one case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

He was shivering now, his teeth chattering horribly, and yet he continued to strip off until at last he stood there in his underwear, barefooted in the snow.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

horribly

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