What does horrible mean?
Definitions for horrible
ˈhɔr ə bəl, ˈhɒr-hor·ri·ble
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word horrible.
Princeton's WordNet
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective
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"
Wiktionary
horriblenoun
A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
horriblenoun
A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
horribleadjective
Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
horribleadjective
Tremendously wrong or errant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
HORRIBLEadjective
Dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; enormous.
Etymology: horrible, French; horribilis, Lat.
No colour affecteth the eye much with displeasure: there be sights that are horrible, because they excite the memory of things that are odious or fearful. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
Eternal happiness and eternal misery, meeting with a persuasion that the soul is immortal, are, of all others, the first the most desireable, and the latter the most horrible to human apprehension. Robert South, Sermons.
Webster Dictionary
Horribleadjective
exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'horrible' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1274
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'horrible' in Adjectives Frequency: #703
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of horrible in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of horrible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of horrible in a Sentence
This quote resonated with me the most given our current climate because we have become so polarized. We no longer sit down and have conversations about our differences and as Martin Luther King Jr.Why said it is purely out of fear of what we don't know about each other, i believe in order for us to move past the horrible events of the past few months as well as the past several decades, we need to have open and honest dialogue. ( We need) a conversation where no matter your race, religion, sexual orientation or any other difference, we listen with compassion and find a common ground. If the pandemic taught us nothing else, we must value time and we must talk to each other. We can't let fear dictate who we are. We got ta be better than that. It's time to achieve Dr. King's dream.
I have people that are so nasty, so mean, so horrible, nobody in Iowa will want to have dinner with them, it's true. They're horrible human beings, I admit it.
When you say a personal attack, did you hear what Nancy Pelosi said long before I went after Nancy Pelosi ? Did you hear Nancy Pelosi ? Nancy Pelosi made horrible statements. Nancy Pelosi knows they're not true. Nancy Pelosi said terrible things. So, I just responded in kind, look, you think Nancy's the same as she was ? She's not. Maybe we can all say that, but... I'm only speaking for President Donald Trump.
There's a period of time when patients often get really restless. It's horrible to see, the body knows something is very wrong. It's trying to compensate, but it just can't.
It was a horrible day and I saw things that day that I would never want anyone to see.
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- فظيعArabic
- esgarrifós, hòrrid, horribleCatalan, Valencian
- hroznýCzech
- schrecklichGerman
- horrible, horrendoSpanish
- مصیبت بارPersian
- kauhistuttava, kauhea, hirvittävä, karmiva, kauheusFinnish
- horrible, affreuxFrench
- horrible, horríbelGalician
- भयंकरHindi
- borzalmas, rettenetes, borzasztóHungarian
- mengerikanIndonesian
- hræðilegurIcelandic
- orribile, terribileItalian
- נוראHebrew
- 恐ろしいJapanese
- 무시 무시한Korean
- horribilisLatin
- šausmīgsLatvian
- verschrikkelijkDutch
- okropny, strasznyPolish
- horrívelPortuguese
- înfricoșare, oribil, îngrozitor, groaznic, groază, înfiorareRomanian
- ужа́сный, стра́шныйRussian
- hemsk, förskräcklig, fasansfullSwedish
- berbat, korkunçTurkish
- 可怕Chinese
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