horribles

plural of horrible

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribles
Noun
  • Madonna has made music through various calamities that at the time felt world-ending — wars, political unrest, financial collapse — so the terrors of 2026 don’t seem to faze her.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • The night is dark and full of terrors, but our Instagram account is full of House of the Dragon.
    Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • People went opening weekend to experience the frights in a communal setting.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • Copyright 2025, all frights reserved.
    Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The humans use and abuse, like, 60 of us during an average NCAA game — and the horrors basically double for MLB.
    Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 3 June 2026
  • At stake is whether millions of Black Americans will have a say in their future or if the South will descend into the horrors of Jim Crow.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Like Ophelia’s Got Talent, and intersecting with many of its themes, A Year Without Summer is all about bodily monstrosities.
    Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
  • Protein bars have come a long way from the chalky monstrosities that lined shelves not long ago.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • Created by a number of its stars, Ghosts originated on the BBC in 2019, following a group of ghouls from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing the house with its new living occupants.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Its buttery texture melts onto the lips, bypassing the drag and pull that plagues drier drugstore pencils.
    Micaela English, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Another kind of typhus, carried by lice and caused by the bacteria Rickettsia prowazekii, produced historic plagues that devastated populations during times of war, famine and poverty, the National Institutes for Health said.
    Don Sweeney April 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Democrats never dare to criticize any of these Third World monsters, only the cops trying to protect American taxpayers from their cruel depredations.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
  • This is because the main enemies in this game look to be large chitinous alien monsters, which your titular Gundam can slice into tiny pieces.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • His bronc riders look more like pietàs in mud; his barrel racers scream like banshees on horseback.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Horribles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribles. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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