Main entry: atrocious, ugly, frightful, horrible, horrifying
Definition: provoking horror
Usage: 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
Main entry: frightful, fearful
Definition: extremely distressing
Usage: fearful slum conditions; a frightful mistake
Main entry: awful, frightful, tremendous, terrible
Definition: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Usage: in a frightful hurry; spent a frightful amount of money