Hapless and Terrible

Hapless

Hapless adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.

Terrible and hapless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terrible" instead an adjective "Hapless".

Nearby Word: haplessly

Terrible

Terrible adjective - Causing fear.

Hapless and terrible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hapless" instead an adjective "Terrible".

Nearby Words: terribly, terrify, terror

Both words in one sentence

  • The Joys of Torturing Mooks The game seems to reward this behavior, especially when you Force Grab some hapless schmuck and toss him into the air, whereupon the camera will shift to follow their terrible trajectory.
  • Our Gargoyles Rock Humanoid, horned, bat-winged, with slick whale-like skin and no faces at all they often show up in flocks to capture hapless humans and take them to terrible places, tickling them mercilessly the entire way.
  • The entire cast of Pizza and Swift And Shift Couriers are terrible at their jobs, and are capable of screwing out routine jobs, but manage to stay employed... the latter mainly because the hapless boss gets blamed for everything, the former because the boss is just plain Ax-Crazy.
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