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1. Definition: 1. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

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1. Definition: 1. More miserable

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1. Definition: 1. morally objectionable behavior

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1. Definition: 1. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

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1. Definition: 1. precisely as stated; "the very center of town"

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1. Definition: 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or dread or terror; "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"

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1. Definition: 1. growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"

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1. Definition: 1. showing fear and lack of confidence

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1. Definition: 1. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;

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1. Definition: 1. reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"

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1. Definition: 1. infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes"

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1. Definition: 1. used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"

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1. Definition: 1. of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"

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1. Definition: 1. affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier

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1. Definition: 1. exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;

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1. Definition: 1. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"

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1. Definition: 1. very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world"

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1. Definition: 1. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

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1. Definition: 1. a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

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1. Definition: 1. reclaimed wool fiber

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1. Definition: 1. foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

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1. Definition: 1. resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean"

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1. Definition: 1. soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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1. Definition: 1. experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"

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1. Definition: 1. inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"

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1. Definition: 1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"

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1. Definition: 1. foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

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1. Definition: 1. merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

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1. Definition: 1. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

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1. Definition: 1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

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1. Definition: 1. worthy of adoration or reverence

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1. Definition: 1. causing fear or dread or terror; "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"

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1. Definition: 1. glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"

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1. Definition: 1. frightening because of an awareness of danger

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1. Definition: 1. a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)

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1. Definition: 1. causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by physical misery; "a wet miserable weekend"; "spent a wretched night on the floor"

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1. Definition: 1. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

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1. Definition: 1. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

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1. Definition: 1. possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force"

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1. Definition: 1. profoundly honored; "revered holy men"

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1. Definition: 1. provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

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1. Definition: 1. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;

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1. Definition: 1. exceptionally bad or displeasing;

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1. Definition: 1. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"

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1. Definition: 1. showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"

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1. Definition: 1. inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"

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1. Definition: 1. deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

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1. Definition: 1. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

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