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    hor·ri·ble
    /ˈhôrəb(ə)l/

    adjective

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › horribleHorrible Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of HORRIBLE is marked by or arousing painful and intense fear, dread, dismay, or aversion : marked by or arousing horror. How to use horrible in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishHORRIBLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    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)

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › horribleHORRIBLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › horribleHorrible - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishHORRIBLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    You can call something horrible when it causes you to feel great shock, fear, and disgust. Still the horrible shrieking came out of his mouth.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › horribleHorrible - definition of horrible by The Free Dictionary

    horrible. ( ˈhɒrəbəl) adj. 1. causing horror; dreadful. 2. disagreeable; unpleasant. 3. informal cruel or unkind. [C14: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrēre to tremble] ˈhorribleness n.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishhorrible adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    (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.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › horrible_adjhorrible, adj., n., & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    A horrible person or thing; †a being inspiring awe or dread (quot. c 1475 at sense C ); a horrible attribute or characteristic; a story of horrible crime or the like (cf. dreadful n. ).

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › horribleHorrible Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    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.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishHORRIBLE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    HORRIBLE definition: 1. very unpleasant or bad: 2. extremely, or in a very bad or unpleasant way: . Learn more.