Advanced English Vocabulary - Part 4

Very bad - atrocious, appaling
Very terrible - horrendous
Very painful - excruciating, unbearable
Very small - miniscule
Very old - ancient


ATROCIOUS:


  • of very bad quality:
    • an atrocious film/piece of acting
    • The weather has been atrocious all week.
    • Conditions in the prison were atrocious.

  • An action that is atrocious is extremely cruel:
    • an atrocious crime

APPALING:

C1 very bad:
appalling weather
The drive home was appalling.
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C2 shocking and very bad:
appalling injuries
Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions.

HORRENDOUS:

so bad as to be shocking; extremely unpleasant:

Exhibits show how horrendous the living conditions there were.

EXHIBITS: to show something publicly

 EXCRUCIATING:

extremely painful:

an excruciating pain in the lower back​


extremely boring or embarrassing:

excruciating boredom
His confession, when it came, was excruciating.


unbearable


 too painful or unpleasant for you to continue to experience:

All I remember of my daughter's birth was the unbearable pain and the relief when it was all over.
The atmosphere at work at the moment is almost unbearable.
The heat was unbearable.

Synonyms
intolerable

MINUSCULE:


extremely small:
All she gave him to eat was two minuscule pieces of toast.

ANCIENT:

of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very long time:


ancient civilizations/rights/laws
ancient monuments/ruins/woodlands
the ancient kingdoms of Mexico
People have lived in this valley since ancient times.

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