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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word History
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
causing or tending to cause a feeling of horror; dreadful.
He woke up screaming after a horrible nightmare.- synonyms:
- dreadful, ghastly, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, terrible
- antonyms:
- appealing
- similar words:
- atrocious, bloodcurdling, dire, dread, gory, grisly, gruesome, macabre, scary
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| definition 2: |
very unpleasant, disagreeable, or ugly; disgusting.
The robbers created a horrible mess in the house.How can you eat at that place? The food is horrible!All the roommates are fighting now, and the situation is horrible.- synonyms:
- abominable, awful, disgusting, dreadful, frightful, horrendous, horrid, obnoxious, revolting
- antonyms:
- delightful, lovely
- similar words:
- abhorrent, abysmal, appalling, atrocious, beastly, disagreeable, distasteful, foul, ghastly, hideous, loathsome, offensive, rank, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, terrible, unpleasant
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| related words: |
dreadful, grim, heinous, lurid, monstrous, morbid, nasty, odious, putrid, tremendous |
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| derivations: |
horribly (adv.), horribleness (n.) |
Horrible comes from a Latin word that means "bristly or savage looking."
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