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horrible [ˈhɒrəbəl] adj
1. causing horror; dreadful 2. disagreeable; unpleasant 3. Informal cruel or unkind [via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrēre to tremble] horribleness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
horrible adjective 1. (Informal) dreadful, terrible, awful, nasty, cruel, beastly (informal), mean, unpleasant, ghastly (informal), unkind, horrid, disagreeable a horrible little boy dreadful appealing, charming, pleasant, wonderful, attractive, lovely, fetching, delightful, cute, enchanting, agreeable 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) Still the horrible shrieking came out of his mouth. Translations horrible [ˈhɒrɪbl] ADJ 1. (= unpleasant) [food, colour, smell, thought] → horroroso, horrible aren't those dresses horrible? → ¿a que esos vestidos son horrorosos?, ¿a que son feísimos esos vestidos? he was the most horrible person I've ever met → era la persona más mala que he conocido you're horrible! → ¡qué malo eres! I've got a horrible feeling that → tengo la horrible sensación de que ... that jumper looks horrible on you → ese jersey te queda horroroso or espantoso it's all a horrible mess → es un lío horroroso we thought something horrible had happened → pensamos que algo horrible había pasado the press write some horrible things about him → la prensa cuenta cosas espantosas or horribles de él what a horrible thought! → ¡qué idea tan horrible! to be horrible to sb → tratar fatal a algn she's horrible to her sister → trata fatal a su hermana don't be horrible to your brother → no seas malo con tu hermano horrible [ˈhɒrɪbəl] adj [clothes] → horrible, affreux/euse; [meal, food] → dégoûtant(e); [situation, experience] → horrible What a horrible dress! → Quelle robe horrible!, Quelle robe affreuse! [person] → méchant(e) horrible adj (inf: = awful) → schrecklich (inf); (= ghastly) food → grauenhaft (inf); clothes, colour, sight, smell, taste → scheußlich, abscheulich; person → gemein, fies (inf); what a horrible thought! → was für eine schreckliche Vorstellung!; to look horrible → scheußlich aussehen; that jumper looks horrible on you → in dem Pullover siehst du schrecklich aus; to be horrible to somebody → fies (inf) → or gemein zu jdm sein (= horrific) death, crime, sound, war, accident, injury → grauenhaft horrible [ˈhɒrɪbl] adj (gen) → orribile, tremendo/a, orrendo/a; (accident) → spaventoso/a horrible [ˈhɒrɪbl] adj (gen) → orribile, tremendo/a, orrendo/a; (accident) → spaventoso/a horrible → رهيب strašný frygtelig scheußlich αποκρουστικός horrible kauhea horrible strašan orribile 実にひどい 끔찍한 vreselijk fryktelig straszny horrível ужасный hemsk น่าสยดสยอง korkunç khủng khiếp 恐怖的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The moaning and groaning, The sighing and sobbing, Are quieted now, With that horrible throbbing At heart: -- ah, that horrible, Horrible throbbing! "An appeal will not lie," he thought, with an absurd reversion to professional slang, making the situation more horrible, as the fire of a cigar might light up a tomb. gunboat "Myrtle," and the story of their terrible privations has become quite as well known as the far more horrible "Medusa" case. |
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