horrible

Pluralhorribles

1. 1
   adjective

   Very bad, unpleasant, or of poor quality.

   Like a day when everything goes wrong from the moment you wake up.

   The weather was horrible all weekend, so we stayed inside.

   She felt sick after eating that horrible sandwich.

   Similarterrible, awful, dreadful, appalling, atrocious

   Oppositewonderful, excellent, great, lovely

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2. 2
   adjective

   So frightening or shocking that it fills people with fear.

   Like a scary scene in a movie that makes you want to cover your eyes.

   The crash left a horrible scene along the side of the road.

   It was a horrible crime that frightened the whole town.

   Similarhorrific, horrifying, dreadful, terrible, frightful

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A scary thing, especially a bad result that someone warns will probably happen.

   Each horrible she imagined turned out to be nothing at all.

   The lawyer listed the horribles that would follow if we signed.

   Similarhorror, nightmare

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A person in a funny or strange costume marching in a parade.

   As a boy he dressed as a horrible and marched down Main Street each Fourth of July.

   The horribles led the procession in masks and tattered coats.

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