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Horribleness

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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.


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