Some collocations with catastrophic are catastrophic accident, catastrophic event, catastrophic failure, catastrophic experience, catastrophic result, catastrophic decision, catastrophic illness, catastrophic natural disaster, catastrophic plan, catastrophic risk, catastrophic storm, catastrophic hurricane, and catastrophic tornado. We use catastrophic to talk about things that involve or cause great damage or suffering. ![]() It caused millions of dollars in damages.” catastrophic Some collocations with disastrous are disastrous consequences, disastrous fire, disastrous flood, disastrous event, disastrous day, disastrous situation, disastrous experience, and disastrous result. We use disastrous to talk about things that cause a lot of damage. “The jury was shown all the grisly photos of the crime scene.” disastrous “The article gives all the gruesome details of the murder.” Some collocations with grisly are grisly death, grisly horror, grisly details, grisly spectacle, grisly photos, grisly task, grisly beast, grisly terror, and grisly business. Some collocations with gruesome are gruesome scene, gruesome image, gruesome case, gruesome account, gruesome story, gruesome crime, gruesome murder, gruesome picture, gruesome death, gruesome accident, and gruesome details. ![]() We use gruesome and grisly to talk about things that cause horror and disgust. “Climatologists are making dire predictions about the future of the planet.” gruesome, grisly Some collocations with dire are dire situation, dire prediction, dire moment, in dire straits (in a very bad situation), and dire condition. We use dire to talk about things that are extremely serious or urgent. I need some sleep.”( dreadful = unwell) dire “Karen had an absolutely dreadful day at work.” ( dreadful = extremely disagreeable) “Cancer is a dreadful disease.” ( dreadful = involving great suffering) Some collocations with dreadful are dreadful disease, dreadful condition, dreadful storm, dreadful news, dreadful sight, dreadful scene, dreadful state, and dreadful day. We can also use use dreadful to talk about people who are unwell or troubled. We also use dreadful to talk about things that are extremely disagreeable. We use dreadful to talk about things that involve great suffering, fear, or unhappiness. I haven’t seen the sun in weeks.”( atrocious = extremely bad) dreadful “The prosecutor is seeking the maximum penalty for this atrocious crime.”( atrocious = shockingly wicked, cruel) Some collocations with atrocious are atrocious act, atrocious behavior, atrocious crime, atrocious law, and atrocious language. We can also use atrocious to communicate that something is extremely bad. ( ) We use atrocious to talk about things that are extremely wicked, cruel, or brutal. “There have been some appalling human rights violations in that country.” atrocious Some collocations with appalling are appalling conditions, appalling sight, appalling sound, appalling result, appalling record, and absolutely/positively appalling. We use appalling to talk about things that cause shock, horror and/or outrage. ![]() “Kenneth was a lousy student in high school, but he straightened things out in college.” “I was in a lousy mood and didn’t feel like going to the game.” Some collocations with lousy are lousy job, lousy day, lousy idea, lousy place, lousy teacher, lousy student, lousy actor, (lousy + any profession), lousy father/mother/son/daughter/brother etc. We use lousy to talk about things that are of very poor quality. “The president’s approval rating is absolutely abysmal. If terrible, horrible, and awful mean “very bad,” then horrendous and abysmal mean “extremely bad.” We use horrendous and abysmal as more severe forms of terrible, horrible, and awful. ![]() “The Titanic is an awful movie.” horrendous, abysmal “Marcos did a horrible job on his essay.” Note that the descriptive adjectives below are often better choices than terrible, awful, and horrible. We use them all as substitutes for very bad. You almost certainly know these words already. Here are 28 descriptive adjectives you can use instead.
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