horrible

adjective

hor·ri·ble | \ ˈhȯr-ə-bəl

, ˈhär-\

Definition of horrible

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

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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.

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Screen brightness is a notable compromise, with the panels rated at 220 nits to 250 nits—not horrible, but not great. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "Lenovo's latest IdeaPads offer Intel, AMD, and an Nvidia mystery," 24 Feb. 2019 Which is horrible—but also wonderful in other ways, because fascinating things started surfacing: notes from Diana Vreeland or Si Newhouse or Helmut Newton. — Francesco Carrozzini, WSJ, "In Franca Sozzani’s Letters, A Son Sees His Mother’s Creative Spirit," 11 Feb. 2019 So many people came out of this looking horrible — Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, White House adviser Stephen Miller. — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Donald Trump meets his match, and she’s 9 years old," 23 June 2018 And then came Game 6, where the W’s looked horrible in the early going, only to come roaring back … behind the play of Curry and Thompson. — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, "Warriors fans criticizing Kevin Durant? C’mon people," 27 May 2018 And some were beautiful and some were horrible, but basically there were bags, bags, bags everywhere. — Maya Singer, Vogue, "On the 10th Anniversary of Fendi’s Peekaboo, Its Maker, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Talks “It Bags”," 8 Feb. 2019 Something this bulky, which encourages shorter mouse movements, is also horrible for gaming—the company’s G502 Proteus Spectrum is more flexible there. — Jeff Dunn, Ars Technica, "The Ars Holiday Gift Guide 2018—good tech for the home and home office," 19 Nov. 2018 What’s more, our frivolous impulse buys are absolutely horrible for the planet. — Rebekka Ayres, Teen Vogue, "Black Friday, Explained: A Complete History," 23 Nov. 2018 The Flex 2 and the Alta HR are better to sleep with than the Charge 3, but that doesn't make the experience of snoozing with the Charge 3 horrible. — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, "Fitbit Charge 3 review: Peppering a fitness tracker with smartwatch powers," 12 Oct. 2018

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