more terrible

ADJECTIVE

bad, horrible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abhorrent appalling atrocious awesome awful dangerous dire disastrous disturbing dreadful extreme frightful ghastly gruesome harrowing hideous horrendous horrid horrifying serious severe shocking unfortunate unpleasant

WEAK

awe-inspiring beastly desperate dread dreaded fearful hateful inconvenient loathsome monstrous obnoxious odious offensive petrifying poor repulsive revolting rotten unnerving unwelcome vile

Antonyms

STRONGEST

beautiful calming comforting delightful fortunate good happy inoffensive lucky mild nice pleasant pleasing trivial unimportant wonderful

WEAK

great

Example Sentences

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more terrible

The more "terrible" the joke, he says the better.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

“The less communication there is, the less support that you have, the more terrible and confusing this time is.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Unfortunately, the answer to the mystery is far more terrible than "a lot of people have bad taste."

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2022

The thought then of what my mind would supply in place of what was behind me was more terrible than the thought of turning, and I turned.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2021

And there were murmured hints of creatures more terrible than all these, but they had no name.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien