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as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
a horrible car accident that left eyewitnesses in a state of shock
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as in terrifying
causing fear
a horrible scream that made shivers go up and down our spines
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as in awful
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
I can never forgive her for the horrible way she treated me
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as in terrible
extremely unsatisfactory
I'm never going back to that restaurant; the service was horrible
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as in terror
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Recent Examples of horrible
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
The companies try to slow down this process by submerging it in oil, but the resulting flavor is horrible.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
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Zach Schiffman,
Curbed,
12 June 2026
Fortunately, there’s an opportunity to unwind that horrible deal and clear the path for long-overdue housing and commercial development.
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Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
This bird does the most horrible things, but from a point of view of surviving and saving his own life.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 June 2026
The companies try to slow down this process by submerging it in oil, but the resulting flavor is horrible.
—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.
—
Zach Schiffman,
Curbed,
12 June 2026
Fortunately, there’s an opportunity to unwind that horrible deal and clear the path for long-overdue housing and commercial development.
—
Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for horrible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrible
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What should have been a night of celebration and community reflection for Juneteenth was shattered by a horrific act of violence.
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First of all, the suffering of the Iranian people has been horrific in the context of this unnecessary conflict.
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This terrifying, wondrous circle spinning around us here on Earth.
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What would be terrifying is to not have that opportunity.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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In the end, reverence for the likes of Genghis Khan, Hitler, and Attila the Hun mistakes fear for respect, destruction for disruption, and raw terror for true greatness.
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Set five years after the Ghostbusters took the Statue of Liberty for a walk, young, scrappy New Yorkers face a new wave of supernatural terror hitting the Big Apple.
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The historic victory, the nation’s first ever in the World Cup, was overshadowed when the midfielder injured his leg in gruesome fashion following a clumsy challenge from Qatar’s Assim Madibo.
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Men In Blazers Canada’s first-ever World Cup victory, a 6-0 demolition derby of Qatar, was overshadowed yesterday by a gruesome leg injury suffered by midfield maestro Ismaël Koné.
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Earlier movie versions have managed the story’s most frightening moments with the limited technology available at the time—much plastic and spongy stuff; monsters in process shots looming over little men; papier-mâché boulders flung from hilltops.
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Even more frightening, the percentage exceeded 50% in many groups, including insects, terrestrial vertebrates, and marine species.
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Get a room, this is disgusting!
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And, to me, there’s nothing more disgusting than an airplane bathroom.
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“Horrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrible. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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