A venture that fails spectacularly, especially one perceived as overconfident.
Of a conflict or contest: involving equally powerful participants.
Of or relating to the Titans, a race of giant gods in Greek mythology.
Having great size, or great force, power, or strength.
The R.M.S. Titanic, an ocean liner, supposedly unsinkable, that sank on its maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.
A shocking or sensational crime.
A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
Dreadfully.