Bad and Horrific

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Horrific and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Horrific" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Horrific adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.

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Bad and horrific are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Horrific".

In eastern works, however, this trope is less likely to be used in humor and instead takes a more horrific or Bad Ass tone, due to a giant foot that crashes through the roof being an ominous yokai or a Shout-Out to Godzilla and other Kaiju fiction.

Source: Giant Foot of Stomping
Every time one of her subordinates brings bad news, instead of executing them, she just inflicts horrific pain on them.

Source: You Have Failed Me
Instead, the poor maniac eventually hit Pete's deliberately assembled bloc-o'-atrocity, filled with unpleasantries from his horrific earlier career so bad it started damaging the telepath.

Source: Hannibal Lecture

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