Definition of horrible Horrible
/hɔˈɹʌbʌl/ - [horubul] - hor•ri•ble
We found 8 definitions of horrible from 5 different sources.
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What does horrible mean?
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| horrible - 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" | ||
| atrocious, frightful, horrifying, ugly | ||
| alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||
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- horrible (Noun)
A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act. - horrible (Noun)
A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles . - horrible (Adjective)
Causing horror; terrible; shocking. - horrible (Adjective)
Tremendously wrong or errant.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- horrible (a.)
Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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horrible
hor′i-bl, adj. causing or tending to cause horror: dreadful: awful: terrific.—n. Horr′ibleness.—adv. Horr′ibly. [L. horribilis—horrēre.]
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