horrible

Speech parts

1. horrible - Noun

2. horrible - Adjective

3. horrible - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

frightful terrible shocking awful dreadful hideous horrid atrocious unpleasant ugly dire nasty horrific repulsive appalling
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Antonyms

holy supreme galilee sterling daisy angelica
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Related terms

horror horrific horrendous horrify

Phrases with the word

horrible place horrible person horrible surprise smell horrible horrible enough horrible individual

Examples

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. G. K. Chesterton

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live. Charles Bukowski

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, "That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible." David Spade

Do you know, a horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson. Gerard Manley Hopkins

The most horrible sight on earth cannot put out the eye. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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