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- 1. causing or likely to cause horror; shocking: "a horrible massacre" Similar
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very shocking and frightening: a horrible crime. Synonyms. dreadful (FRIGHTENING) ghastly. horrendous. horrific. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of horrible from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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.
Horrible definition: causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful. See examples of HORRIBLE used in a sentence.
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 ...
If you say that someone or something is horrible, you mean that they are very unpleasant. It was a horrible experience. American English : horrible / ˈhɒr-, ˈhɔrɪbəl /
(informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like. What horrible weather! The coffee tasted absolutely horrible. a horrible mess/smell/noise. I've got a horrible feeling she lied to us. I feel horrible about what happened. He looks horrible with that new haircut.
horrible (somewhat informal) very unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like: The coffee tasted horrible. dreadful ( somewhat informal ) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like or that you disapprove of: My schedule is dreadful this week.
HORRIBLE meaning: 1. very unpleasant or bad: 2. extremely, or in a very bad or unpleasant way: . Learn more.
Horrible Definition. hôrə-bəl, hŏr- Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Adjective. Noun. Filter. adjective. horribler. Causing a feeling of horror; terrible; dreadful; frightful. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Very bad, ugly, shocking, unpleasant, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Define horrible. horrible synonyms, horrible pronunciation, horrible translation, English dictionary definition of horrible. adj. 1. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful: "War is beyond all words horrible" . 2. Very unpleasant; disagreeable. hor′ri·ble·ness n.
