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horrible

adjective
hor·​ri·​ble | \ ˈhȯr-É™-bÉ™l How to pronounce horrible (audio) , ˈhär-\

Definition of horrible

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
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Other Words from horrible

horrible noun
horribleness noun
horribly \ ˈhȯr-​É™-​blÄ“ How to pronounce horribly (audio) , ˈhär-​ \ adverb

Examples of horrible in a Sentence

He suffered a horrible death. The crime scene was too horrible to describe. The team had a horrible season last year. He realized that he had made a horrible mistake.
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Recent Examples on the Web

 Kay Ivey had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, dead toll bridge, blackface meltdown very bad week. — J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, "Kay Ivey’s meltdown metamorphosis," 1 Sep. 2019 Clearly, this was a horrible look for those Colts fans. — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, "It was an ugly scene, but don't vilify all Colts fans for booing Andrew Luck's retirement," 26 Aug. 2019 Clearly this move is in response to the horrible press USFS received in response to Adam Schmidt’s filing. — Cindy Boren, The Denver Post, "Olympic champion figure skating coach banned for life for sexual misconduct claims," 22 Aug. 2019 The only thing that bothers me about this post is the women that are leaving comments about how horrible this picture is. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Dove Cameron Is Slamming Body-Shamers Who Are Coming for Her Braless Selfie," 14 Aug. 2019 The reason being that LCDs are horrible at night/dark scenes. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "'Games of Thrones' Proves Why You Need an OLED TV," 29 Apr. 2019 If even a horrible story can’t destroy a game that’s otherwise good, what does that say about the value of storytelling in games? — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "Observations and lessons from two decades of writing about video games," 25 Nov. 2018 But wait, what about the horrible news stories about Medicaid insurers that ration care? — Allysia Finley, WSJ, "ObamaCare Is Robbing Medicaid’s Sickest Patients," 25 July 2018 Ford produces a horrible product and we trans guys get the wrath of it. — Freep.com, "FREE PRESS INVESTIGATION: OUT OF GEAR Ford knew Focus, Fiesta models had flawed transmission, sold them anyway," 11 July 2019

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First Known Use of horrible

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for horrible

Middle English orrible, horrible, from Anglo-French, from Latin horribilis, from horrēre

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horrible

adjective
How to pronounce horrible (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of horrible

: causing horror : very shocking and upsetting
: very bad or unpleasant

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horrible

adjective
hor·​ri·​ble | \ ˈhȯr-É™-bÉ™l How to pronounce horrible (audio) \

Kids Definition of horrible

1 : causing horror : terrible a horrible crash
2 : very unpleasant a horrible smell

Other Words from horrible

horribly \ -​blÄ“ \ adverb

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