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Horrible

/ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl/ · noun

Meaning

A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act..

Definitions by Sense

  1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
  2. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
  3. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
  4. Tremendously bad.

Example Sentences

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 lot of the possible horribles conjured up by the people objecting to this convention ignore the plain language of this treaty.
The pot had previously simmered skate wings, cods' heads, whales, pigs' hearts and a long litany of other horribles.
I'm trying to convince him that the criminal behavior that's going on at the White House has to end. And I give him one horrible after the next. I just keep raising them. He sort of swats them away.
Many scholars have demonstrated these horribles and contemplated significant limitations on class actions.
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 all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
Strangers fainted dead away at the sight of the Laughing Man's horrible face. Acquaintances shunned him.
Some of us have had plastic surgery on our faces and fingerprints. Right now we have a horrible job; we're waiting for the war to begin and, as quickly, end.

Synonyms for horrible

frighteningbadatrociousalarmingfrightfuluglyhorrifying

Antonyms for horrible

Related Words

horrifyingatrociousalarmingfrightfuluglyhorrificdreadfulterribledreadedappallingterrifyinghorrorfearsomegruesomefrighteninghorrendousspookygod-awfulfearfulawfully

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does horrible mean?

Horrible means A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act..

What is a synonym for horrible?

Common synonyms include frightening, bad, atrocious, alarming.

What is the opposite of horrible?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use horrible in a sentence?

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!

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