Entry Word: horrible

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 extremely disturbing or repellent <a horrible car accident that left eyewitnesses in a state of shock>

Synonyms appalling, atrocious, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, lurid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish, shocking, terrible

Related Words bloodcurdling, dire, direful, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, hair-raising, terrifying; abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, nauseating, obnoxious, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening; abominable, evil, foul, heinous, noxious, odious, unspeakable, vile

Near Antonyms agreeable, appealing, attractive, enticing, inviting; cheering, comforting, soothing

2 causing fear <a horrible scream that made shivers go up and down our spines> — see fearful 1
3 causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment <the horrible way she treated her stepdaughter> — see offensive 1