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
horrible
nounhorribleness
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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.
Recent Examples of horrible from the Web
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Rosenberg, and his new political ad, argue that horrible demise was avoidable.
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To protect us from that horrible feeling—usually induced by other people's Instagram accounts—the town, about an hour drive from St. Moritz, has enacted a photography ban on all landscape and provincial town shots, according to The Local.
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What a horrible situation to think of the abuser getting to cross-examine the girl.
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Many think that popularizing a drug that makes people sluggish and lazy is a horrible idea.
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The time jumps ahead three years from that horrible night.
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For the entirety of the 2010s, Adam Sandler has been known for making objectively horrible movies.
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Flight attendants use the grounds to absorb the smell and make the bathrooms a little less horrible.
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But here’s the thing: the time these people are idealizing—the time when women couldn’t leave marriages—was horrible.
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Origin and Etymology of horrible
Middle English orrible, horrible, from Anglo-French, from Latin horribilis, from horrēre
First Known Use: 14th century
HORRIBLE Defined for English Language Learners
horrible
playDefinition of horrible for English Language Learners
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: causing horror : very shocking and upsetting
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: very bad or unpleasant
HORRIBLE Defined for Kids
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