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horrible - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'horrible' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Horrible [ a.]
- Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.

Meaning of 'horrible' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . horrible [ s]
Meaning (1):
- provoking horror
Example in sentence:
  • a frightful crime of decapitation;
  • an alarming, even horrifying, picture;
  • an atrocious automobile accident;
  • an ugly wound;
  • war is beyond all words horrible

Nearby Words:

horal horaly horary horatian horde hordeic hordein hordeolum hordock hore

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