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horrible

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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.

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

horri·ble·ness n.
horri·bly adv.

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
Adj.1.horriblehorrible - 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"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

horrible
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) Still the horrible shrieking came out of his mouth.
3. awful, terrible, appalling, dire, very bad, deplorable, abysmal I've made some horrible mistakes.
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 metera la persona más mala que he conocido
you're horrible!¡qué malo eres!
I've got a horrible feeling thattengo la horrible sensación de que ...
that jumper looks horrible on youese jersey te queda horroroso or espantoso
it's all a horrible messes un lío horroroso
we thought something horrible had happenedpensamos que algo horrible había pasado
the press write some horrible things about himla prensa cuenta cosas espantosas or horribles de él
what a horrible thought!¡qué idea tan horrible!
to be horrible to sbtratar fatal a algn
she's horrible to her sistertrata fatal a su hermana
don't be horrible to your brotherno seas malo con tu hermano
2. (= horrific) [crime, scream, accident] → horrible, espantoso
he died a horrible deathtuvo una muerte horrible

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) foodgrauenhaft (inf); clothes, colour, sight, smell, tastescheußlich, abscheulich; persongemein, fies (inf); what a horrible thought!was für eine schreckliche Vorstellung!; to look horriblescheußlich aussehen; that jumper looks horrible on youin dem Pullover siehst du schrecklich aus; to be horrible to somebodyfies (inf)or gemein zu jdm sein
(= horrific) death, crime, sound, war, accident, injurygrauenhaft

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, horrid

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


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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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