What does horrible mean?
Definitions for horrible
ˈhɔr ə bəl, ˈhɒr-hor·ri·ble
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage 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.
Wikipedia
Horrible
Horrible is an EP by the rock group Half Japanese. It was released in 1982.
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horrible
Horrible is an adjective that describes something causing or likely to cause horror; shocking, extremely unpleasant, or distressing. It's often used to denote extremely dislikeable or poor-quality conditions, events, or objects.
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
It's really horrible for people, above all, our concern is for mental health.
It is something -- I got to tell you, I never expected in my life, as an American, to see a swastika at a major political rally. It's horrible.
So after a long look, after a long investigation, after so many people have been so badly hurt, after not looking at the other side, where a lot of bad things happened, a lot of horrible things happened, a lot of bad things happened for our country, it was just announced there was no collusion with Russia, the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton:
This will take some time to work through, this is just a horrible incident.
It was a horrible sound to listen to someone, just literally watching somebody die in front of you, you feel so helpless.
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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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