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Almost from the start, just horrid (5)

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awful

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(Other definitions for awful that I've seen before include "shocking" , "Exceptionally bad" , "Not good at all" , "Dreadful, nasty" , "gruesome!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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