horrible

hor·ri·ble  (hôr-bl, hr-)

adj.

1. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful: "War is beyond all words horrible" Winston S. Churchill.

2. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin horribilis, from horrre, to tremble.]

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horri·ble·ness n.

horri·bly adv.

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horrible

Adjective

1. disagreeable and unpleasant: a horrible hotel room

2. causing fear, shock, or disgust: he died a horrible death [Latin horribilis]

horribly adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

horrible - provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" frightful, horrifying, atrocious, ugly alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

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horrible

adjective 1. (Informal) dreadful, terrible, awful, nasty, cruel, beastly (informal) mean, unpleasant, ghastly (informal) unkind, horrid, disagreeable << OPPOSITE wonderful

adjective 2. terrible, awful, appalling, terrifying, shocking, grim, dreadful, revolting, fearful, obscene, ghastly, hideous, shameful, gruesome, from hell (informal) grisly, horrid, repulsive, frightful, heinous, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, hellacious U.S. (slang)

Translations

horrible [ˈhɔrɪbl] adj → horrible

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horrible [ˈhɔrɪbl] adj → horrible, affreux/euse

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horrible [ˈhɔrɪbl] adj → fürchterlich, schrecklich;

(scream, dream) → furchtbar

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horrible [ˈhɔrɪbl] adj → orribile, tremendo/a