most 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

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most terrible

Believe it or not, this isn’t the most terrible wrongdoing that was transformed into a storyline.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

On 11 January, Mandelson told Laura Kuennsberg his friendship with Epstein had been a "most terrible mistake".

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

Hanna Maliar, a deputy Ukrainian defense minister, said that war invariably involves losses, including “the most terrible, but inevitable losses” of people’s lives.

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

Marsden: The most terrible ones are kind of my favorite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Do you know what the most terrible sound in the world is?

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown