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- 1. causing or likely to cause horror; shocking: "a horrible massacre" Similar
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adjective. uk / ˈhɒr.ə.b ə l / us / ˈhɔːr.ə.b ə l / Add to word list. A2. very unpleasant or bad: He's got a horrible cold. What's that horrible smell? That was a horrible thing to say! Synonyms. abominable. abysmal (BAD) atrocious (VERY BAD) awful (BAD) dire mainly UK informal. dreadful (LOW QUALITY) mainly UK. frightful old-fashioned informal.
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. horribly. ˈhȯr-ə-blē. ˈhär- adverb. Synonyms. appalling. atrocious. awful. dreadful. frightful. ghastly. grisly.
Horrible is popularly used to mean extremely bad—awful, dreadful, or horrendous. When it’s used to describe a person, it often means extremely disagreeable or cruel. Much less commonly, it can mean literally causing horror— horrifying or horrific.
If you say that someone or something is horrible, you mean that they are very unpleasant.
(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 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.
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.
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.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hor‧ri‧ble /ˈhɒrəbəl $ ˈhɔː-, ˈhɑː-/ S2 adjective 1 very bad – used, for example, about things you see, taste, or smell, or about the weather The weather has been really horrible all week. a horrible smell The food looked horrible, but it tasted OK. see thesaurus at bad 2 very unpleasant and ...
