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    horrible
    /ˈhɒrɪbl/

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  3. Horrible means very unpleasant or bad, or very shocking and frightening. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, synonyms, and translations.

  4. 1. : marked by or arousing painful and intense fear, dread, dismay, or aversion : marked by or arousing horror. a horrible accident. 2. : extremely bad or unpleasant. a horrible mistake. horrible food. horrible noun. horribleness noun.

  5. Horrible means "causing horror," and goes back to the Latin word for “tremble” or “shudder.” A horrible thing makes you shake with fear, like a story about an atrocious crime. We also use horrible hyperbolically (which means in an over-the-top way) to criticize things. You might think you look horrible in photos, or that a new TV ...

  6. Horrible means causing or tending to cause horror, shockingly dreadful, or extremely unpleasant. It comes from the Latin horribilis, meaning "to tremble with fear". See synonyms, antonyms, examples, and word history of horrible.

  7. Learn the meaning of horrible, an adjective that describes something or someone very unpleasant, shocking, or disgusting. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and usage notes for British and American English.

  8. Horrible means very bad or unpleasant, or making you feel unhappy, frightened, upset, ill, guilty or disapproving. Learn how to use it in different contexts, with synonyms and collocations, and see the word origin and pronunciation.

  9. Horrible means causing horror, dreadful, or very unpleasant. Find out the origin, usage, and related words of horrible, such as horrific, horrendous, horrid, and more.