# horrible

Pronunciation: US say "HAWR-i-buhl" /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/; UK say "HO-ri-buhl" /ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl/

## Adjective

1. Extremely bad; very poor in quality or deeply unpleasant.
   - Simple: Very bad, unpleasant, or of poor quality.
   - _The traffic this morning was absolutely horrible and made everyone late._
   - _Critics agreed the sequel was a horrible disappointment after the original._
2. Causing horror; deeply shocking or frightening.
   - Simple: So frightening or shocking that it fills people with fear.
   - _Survivors described the horrible conditions inside the collapsed building._
   - _The film's most horrible scene drove several viewers out of the theater._

## Noun

3. A terrifying thing, especially a feared bad consequence claimed to be the likely result of some action.
   - Simple: A scary thing, especially a bad result that someone warns will probably happen.
   - _Critics conjured one horrible after another to scare voters away from the proposal._
   - _The memo paraded a long list of horribles that supposedly awaited the company._
4. A participant in a parade of horribles, dressed in a comic or grotesque costume.
   - Simple: A person in a funny or strange costume marching in a parade.
   - _A grinning horrible in a papier-mâché mask waved at the crowd lining the street._
   - _Hundreds of horribles in outlandish getups filled the holiday parade._

## Origin

First recorded in Middle English around 1303 (also spelled 'orrible'), it came from Old French 'horrible', which derived from Latin 'horribilis'. That word was formed from 'horrere' ('to tremble') plus the suffix '-ibilis' ('-ible').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/horrible (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).