1. Dreadful – extremely bad or serious.
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, distressing
Antonyms: advantageous, beautiful, comforting, delightful
Usage: There’s been a dreadful accident
2. Rabid – having excessive enthusiasm for something or someone
Synonyms: delirious, fanatical, fervent, frenzied, furious, virulent, zealous
Antonyms: apathetic, calm, disinterested, dispassionate
Usage: Rabid viewers of the television show repeatedly watch their favorite episodes.
3. Perverse – not normal or proper
Synonyms: contradictory, wicked, antankerous, capricious
Antonyms: agreeable, compliant
Usage: The psychopath gets a perverse sense of enjoyment from torturing animals.
4. Brunt – the most unpleasant part of something
Synonyms: burden, force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, violence
Antonyms: ease, peace, relaxation
Usage: The security forces have had to bear the brunt of public anger
5. Insuperable – impossible to overcome.
Synonyms: insurmountable, unconquerable, invincible, unassailable
Antonyms: susceptible, amenable
Usage: The condition will be even worse in another five years and soon it will be insuperable.
6. Futile – incapable of producing any useful result
Synonyms: pointless, useless, worthless, ineffectual, ineffective
Antonyms: effective, fruitful, helpful, productive
Usage: Unfortunately, all rescue attempts were futile during the hurricane.
7. Traitorous – disloyal
Synonyms: apostate, betraying, faithless, perfidious, recreant
Antonyms: loyal
Usage: We waste our time in futile debates about who is more traitorous amongst Kashmiris.
8. Platitude – something that has been said so often that it is not interesting anymore
Synonyms: banality, bromide, inanity, evenness, insipidity
Antonyms: coinage, nuisance
Usage: The politician ended his speech with a platitude about every man’s right to vote.
9. Trickle – run out
Synonyms: percolate, dribble, exude, distill
Antonyms: pour, flow
Usage: Before it began to gush, the roof leak started off as a trickle.
10. Repudiate – refuse to accept; reject.
Synonyms: abandon, disavow, dismiss, disown, forsake, recant, renounce
Antonyms: accept, allow, emphasize
Usage: During his next speech, the president will repudiate blame for the economic situation.