About The Word Horrible
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Horrible
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What's The Definition Of Horrible?
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Horrible: alarming | atrocious | frightful | horrifying | ugly Related Terms | Find terms related to Horrible: abhorrent | abominable | appalling | arrant | astounding | atrocious | awe-inspiring | awesome | awful | baneful | base | beastly | beneath contempt | blameworthy | brutal | contemptible | deadly | deplorable | despicable | detestable | dire | direful | disagreeable | disgusting | dread | dreaded | dreadful | egregious | enormous | fearful | fell | fetid | filthy | flagrant | forbidding | formidable | foul | frightening | frightful | fulsome | ghastly | ghoulish | grievous | grim | grisly | gross | gruesome | harrowing | hateful | heinous | hideous | horrendous | horrid | horrific | horrifying | howling | infamous | lamentable | loathsome | lousy | lurid | macabre | monstrous | morbid | nasty | nauseating | nauseous | nefarious | noisome | notorious | obnoxious | odious | offensive | outrageous | pitiable | pitiful | rank | redoubtable | regrettable | repellent | repelling | reprehensible | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | rotten | rousing | sad | scandalous | schlock | schrecklich | scurvy | shabby | shameful | shocking | shoddy | sickening | sordid | squalid | terrible | terrific | terrifying | thumping | too bad | tragic | tremendous | unclean | unpleasant | unspeakable | vile | villainous | whacking | woeful | worst | worthless | wretched See Also | Horrible In Webster's Dictionary \Hor"ri*ble\, a. [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible,
orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See
{Horror}.]
Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful;
terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible
story; a horrible murder.
A dungeon horrible on all sides round. --Milton.
Syn: Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific;
shocking; hideous; horrid.
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