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100 Other Words for “Horrible”

February 13, 2026

100 Other Words for

No. Term Definition
1. Abhorrent Causing disgust; repugnant.
2. Abominable Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
3. Appalling Shocking and very bad.
4. Atrocious Shockingly cruel or bad.
5. Awful Very bad; unpleasant.
6. Bad Not good; of poor quality.
7. Barbaric Savagely cruel; uncivilized.
8. Beastly Very unpleasant; nasty.
9. Bleak Cold, grim, and depressing.
10. Brutal Cruel and harsh.
11. Catastrophic Disastrous; causing great damage.
12. Chilling Frightening; causing fear.
13. Contemptible Deserving scorn; despicable.
14. Crummy Poor quality; unpleasant.
15. Damnable Wicked; deserving condemnation.
16. Dastardly Cowardly and cruel.
17. Deplorable Shockingly bad; disgraceful.
18. Despicable Vile; deserving hatred.
19. Dire Extremely serious or dreadful.
20. Dreadful Very bad; alarming.
21. Egregious Outstandingly bad; shocking.
22. Evil Morally wrong; wicked.
23. Execrable Extremely bad; detestable.
24. Feral Wild, savage, and brutal.
25. Fetid Smelling very unpleasant.
26. Foul Disgusting; offensive.
27. Fractious Irritable and hard to manage.
28. Frightful Very frightening; dreadful.
29. Ghastly Horrifying; shockingly awful.
30. Ghoulish Morbidly macabre; grisly.
31. Grim Bleak and depressing; harsh.
32. Grisly Causing horror; gruesome.
33. Gross Disgusting; unpleasant.
34. Grotesque Distorted and repulsive.
35. Gruesome Shockingly repellent; horrifying.
36. Heinous Utterly wicked; atrocious.
37. Hideous Extremely ugly or unpleasant.
38. Horrid Very unpleasant; disgusting.
39. Horrifying Causing great fear or shock.
40. Icky Disgusting; unpleasant.
41. Ignoble Dishonorable; shameful.
42. Inadequate Not good enough; insufficient.
43. Infernal Hellish; extremely unpleasant.
44. Inhuman Cruel; lacking compassion.
45. Insufferable Too unpleasant to endure.
46. Intolerable Impossible to endure.
47. Jarring Harshly unpleasant; grating.
48. Junk Worthless; very poor quality.
49. Lamentable Regrettably bad; deplorable.
50. Lousy Very poor; unpleasant.
51. Lurid Shocking or gruesome in detail.
52. Macabre Grimly concerned with death.
53. Malignant Harmful; spitefully evil.
54. Miserable Wretchedly unhappy or unpleasant.
55. Monstrous Shockingly cruel or wicked.
56. Morbid Unhealthily focused on death.
57. Nasty Unpleasant; offensive.
58. Nefarious Wicked; criminal.
59. Noisome Offensive, especially in smell.
60. Odious Hateful; repulsive.
61. Off-putting Unpleasant; discouraging.
62. Ominous Suggesting something bad ahead.
63. Oppressive Harshly burdensome; stifling.
64. Painful Causing distress or discomfort.
65. Pathetic Miserably inadequate; contemptible.
66. Pernicious Highly harmful; destructive.
67. Pitiful Wretchedly inadequate; sad.
68. Poisonous Toxic; harmful.
69. Putrid Rotting; foul-smelling.
70. Rancid Smelling or tasting stale, foul.
71. Repellent Causing disgust; revolting.
72. Repugnant Extremely distasteful.
73. Revolting Disgusting; offensive.
74. Rotten Decayed; very bad.
75. Rough Harsh; unpleasant.
76. Ruthless Having no pity; cruel.
77. Sadistic Taking pleasure in others’ pain.
78. Scandalous Shamefully bad; outrageous.
79. Scary Causing fear; frightening.
80. Screwy Crazy; badly wrong.
81. Seedy Shabby and disreputable.
82. Shameful Disgraceful; dishonorable.
83. Shocking Very surprising and upsetting.
84. Sickening Causing nausea or disgust.
85. Sinister Threatening or evil-looking.
86. Sleazy Morally sordid; shabby.
87. Sordid Dirty, dishonorable, or vile.
88. Terrible Extremely bad; dreadful.
89. Terrifying Causing intense fear.
90. Toxic Poisonous; harmful.
91. Tragic Causing great sadness or loss.
92. Trashy Tasteless; of poor quality.
93. Troubling Causing worry or distress.
94. Ugly Unpleasant to look at or face.
95. Unbearable Too painful or unpleasant to endure.
96. Unpleasant Not enjoyable; disagreeable.
97. Unsettling Making you feel uneasy.
98. Vile Extremely unpleasant or immoral.
99. Villainous Wicked; criminally bad.
100. Vulgar Crude; lacking good taste.
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