1 : provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
2 : grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
3 : extremely painful
4 : extremely disagreeable and unpleasant; "don't go out, the weather is dreadful"
5 : very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
