Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
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.
Dreadfully.
Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, or indignation.
Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive.
Having to do with play directed at scoring.
An attack.
The posture of attacking or being able to attack.