horrible
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horrible
- /ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl/ UK
- /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ US
- [-b(ə)ɫ] US
- /ˈhɑɹ.ɪ.bəl/
Where it comes from
First attested in Middle English (alternately as horrible and orrible) in 1303: from Old French horrible, orrible, orible, from Latin horribilis, from horr(ēre) (“tremble”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).
noun horribles
- A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act. Here's a carcase. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. Such a waggish leering as lurks in all your horribles!
- A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
adjective horribler · more horrible · horriblest · most horrible
- Causing horror; terrible; shocking. Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which
- Tremendously bad. Having now absorbed all or parts of 750 responses to my complaints about Transformers, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that most of those writing agree with me that it is a horrible movie.
Similar: frightening, bad
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: horrifying, atrocious, alarming, frightful, ugly, horrific, dreadful, terrible, dreaded, appalling, terrifying, horror, fearsome, gruesome, frightening, horrendous
adjective
Similar: frightening, bad
Translations
Every language
noun terrifying thing
| Português | horrível |
|---|---|
| Română | înfiorare, înfricoșare, groază |
adj causing horror, terrible
| Español | horrible, horroroso |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 끔찍하다 kkeumjjikhada |
| 日本語 | 恐ろしい osoroshii |
| 中文 | 可怕的 kěpà de, 可畏 kěwèi |
| हिन्दी | भयंकर bhayaṅkar |
| Português | horrível |
| Français | horrible, affreux |
| Deutsch | schrecklich, abscheulich, fies, makaber, entsetzlich, grausig |
| Italiano | orribile, terribile |
| Română | oribil, groaznic, îngrozitor |
| Русский | ужа́сный užásnyj, стра́шный strášnyj |
| العربية | رَهِيب rahīb, فَظِيع faẓīʕ |
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