horrible
adjective
hor·ri·ble
ˈhȯr-ə-bəl 
ˈhär-
1
: marked by or arousing painful and intense fear, dread, dismay, or aversion : marked by or arousing horror
a horrible accident
2
: extremely bad or unpleasant
a horrible mistake
horrible food
Synonyms
Examples of horrible in a Sentence
He suffered a horrible death.
The crime scene was too horrible to describe.
The team had a horrible season last year.
He realized that he had made a horrible mistake.
Recent Examples on the Web
It: When her daughter had horrible eczema, Allure shopping director Shanna Shipin relied on Mustela Stelatopia Intense Eczema Relief alongside the prescribed steroid cream.
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 11 Apr. 2024
Accepting that money would preclude a future claim over cancer or some other horrible illness that might develop, but area residents can decline the health money and still receive a payment for property damage.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
But Ginkel struck out Kris Bryant, who’s mired in a horrible slump and is hitting .100 (4 for 40) after going 0 for 5 Wednesday.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Care often is presented as either sweet and simple – a fairy tale – or a horrible burden that squeezes us of our vitality.
—Phyllis Fagell, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
It was generally perceived as an act of intense devotion: accepting a horrible night’s sleep, on a couch that reeked of cat pee, while facing the prospect of Ram Dass dying on your watch.
—Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
Eventually, the horrible New Yorkers whom Allen celebrated turned against him.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Replete with nerve-shredding, suspenseful set pieces — the wine cellar sequence is Hitchcock at his most sadistically brilliant — Notorious, for all its melodramatic beats, explores the horrible moral tension that lurks in even theoretically altruistic espionage.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
The idea is this: dystopias are horrible, and utopias are perfect (and therefore not feasible, and potentially also menacing and pre-dystopian.)
Protopias, on the other hand, are achievable.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
Deanna Pai, Allure, 11 Apr. 2024
Accepting that money would preclude a future claim over cancer or some other horrible illness that might develop, but area residents can decline the health money and still receive a payment for property damage.
—Josh Funk, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
But Ginkel struck out Kris Bryant, who’s mired in a horrible slump and is hitting .100 (4 for 40) after going 0 for 5 Wednesday.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2024
Care often is presented as either sweet and simple – a fairy tale – or a horrible burden that squeezes us of our vitality.
—Phyllis Fagell, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
It was generally perceived as an act of intense devotion: accepting a horrible night’s sleep, on a couch that reeked of cat pee, while facing the prospect of Ram Dass dying on your watch.
—Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
Eventually, the horrible New Yorkers whom Allen celebrated turned against him.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
Replete with nerve-shredding, suspenseful set pieces — the wine cellar sequence is Hitchcock at his most sadistically brilliant — Notorious, for all its melodramatic beats, explores the horrible moral tension that lurks in even theoretically altruistic espionage.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024
The idea is this: dystopias are horrible, and utopias are perfect (and therefore not feasible, and potentially also menacing and pre-dystopian.)
Protopias, on the other hand, are achievable.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Horrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrible. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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horrible
adjective
hor·ri·ble
ˈhȯr-ə-bəl
ˈhär-
1
: marked by or arousing horror
2
: extremely unpleasant or bad
horrible food
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