Definition of horrible in English:

horrible

adjective ˈhɒrɪb(ə)lˈhɔrəb(ə)l

1Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.
可怕的，恐怖的；令人震惊的
a horrible massacre
令人震惊的大屠杀。
Example sentencesExamples
- Sure, some will die a horrible gruesome death, but it's only what a fox would do to another animal.
- It is almost too painful to watch: a horrible enactment of their dual, private hell.
- She will never be able to forget it, never be free from the horrible memory that this attack will leave her with.
- With John, I can't feel much about his death apart from how horrible and terrible it was.
- There were all these intricate diagrams of horrible shackles and thumbscrews.
- While the world around us is devastated by such horrible things, we watch on.
- A bitter confrontation ensued which he chose to end in the most horrible way.
- He could not believe that someone, anyone, would do such a horrible thing to such a great country.
- Some of them are horrible but then again we watch horror movies and read horror stories.
- At times the world is so horrible that continuing to see the bright side becomes hideously difficult.
- Our own children and grandchildren have come to haunt us in the most horrible manner.
- Thus the average person can be persuaded to do horrible things in the name of morality.
- Did they think these things were so horrible and awful that they hid them from their prized Healer?
- It's a horrible, horrible disease, because you never know where it is going to strike next.
- The horrible memory had temporarily overtaken her but now she was back in reality.
- I can see me lying in a pool of blood as the last scene in this awful, horrible drama.
- In fact I think that horrible as it was, that one was a much smaller disaster.
- I think we are all waiting for someone to wake us and say it was just a horrible nightmare.
- The nobleman goes on to host orgies, untouched by grief or remorse, until his horrible death.
- Fox squeezed his eyes shut and desperately tried to tell himself that this was all a horrible nightmare.
Synonyms
dreadful, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling
loathsome, monstrous, abhorrent, detestable, hateful, execrable, abominable, atrocious, sickening, nauseating
1. 1.1informal Very unpleasant.
  〈非正式〉令人厌恶的，极不合意的
  the tea tasted horrible
  这茶味道很糟糕。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I think it is a tribute to the performances that the heat was horrible but didn't detract from the show.
  He thinks that being horrible to immigrants will secure the Sun readers' vote.
  We have seen it very graphically by the use of what is a horrible expression, I think, soft skills.
  I didn't start out hating them, but the parade of horrible behaviour on show has changed my mind.
  Right, that's me done and my fingers and eyes need soothing after tapping away on a horrible laptop.
  She said the smell of the old grass cuttings turning to mulch was horrible.
  I want to buy cute summer dresses, not horrible trouser suits with tapered legs.
  My stomach deflated and the horrible bloated feeling I had woken with was gone.
  Karachi had been seeing some horrible heat and humidity until a couple of days ago.
  It does, however, taste so horrible that nobody could eat enough to cause death.
  I have a horrible habit of correcting people if they lie in front of me and I catch them.
  While in hospital he was given build-up drinks which he disliked, and the food was horrible.
  Everybody always used to eat porridge in Scotland and then we went onto the horrible sugary cereals.
  So on the morning of the big day I woke up bright and early after suffering a horrible night.
  I suspect this was due to a horrible hangover and my lack of interest in small talk.
  It was a horrible gameshow in which the contestants' children were put in danger as their price of entry.
  There was a horrible crunching noise which turned out to be The Chief's dentures cracking in two.
  He tells himself that he is stupid if he thinks anyone as nice as his neighbor would go out with someone as horrible as him.
  After my fourth baby was born, a photographer took a picture of me on the beach with horrible cellulite.
  I did decide to go in the end and as expected the drive there was horrible.
  Synonyms
  nasty, disagreeable, unpleasant, horrid, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, horrendous, disgusting, foul, revolting, repulsive, repellent, ghastly
  obnoxious, hateful, odious, objectionable, offensive, insufferable, vile, loathsome, abhorrent
  informal frightful, lousy, God-awful, hellish
  British informal beastly, grotty, bitchy, catty
  Northern Irish informal bogging
  North American informal hellacious
  archaic disgustful, loathly
  rare rebarbative

Derivatives

horribleness

noun

The ensuing chain of escalating horribleness is complicated further by Banek's suspicions about his firm's integrity and Gipson's attempt to secure a house loan which might keep his wife from moving halfway across the country.
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyways, apologies for the discursive post - I'm steeling myself for tomorrow's horribleness.
- Atomic bombs are horrible too but the horribleness of the idea of atomic bombs does not make the reality of such bombs go away.
- One day your mind will be liberated from the horribleness of your masochistic Puritan upbringing and you will revel in proper laziness, like in Europe.
- The galactic horribleness of this movie can be summed up in one scene, where our gymnast hero is being pursued by bad guys through a suitably Eastern European looking village.

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere 'tremble, shudder' (see horrid).

Definition of horrible in US English:

horrible

adjectiveˈhɔrəb(ə)lˈhôrəb(ə)l

1Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.
可怕的，恐怖的；令人震惊的
a horrible massacre
令人震惊的大屠杀。
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact I think that horrible as it was, that one was a much smaller disaster.
- Did they think these things were so horrible and awful that they hid them from their prized Healer?
- It's a horrible, horrible disease, because you never know where it is going to strike next.
- The nobleman goes on to host orgies, untouched by grief or remorse, until his horrible death.
- Sure, some will die a horrible gruesome death, but it's only what a fox would do to another animal.
- While the world around us is devastated by such horrible things, we watch on.
- With John, I can't feel much about his death apart from how horrible and terrible it was.
- A bitter confrontation ensued which he chose to end in the most horrible way.
- The horrible memory had temporarily overtaken her but now she was back in reality.
- She will never be able to forget it, never be free from the horrible memory that this attack will leave her with.
- Fox squeezed his eyes shut and desperately tried to tell himself that this was all a horrible nightmare.
- I think we are all waiting for someone to wake us and say it was just a horrible nightmare.
- Some of them are horrible but then again we watch horror movies and read horror stories.
- Thus the average person can be persuaded to do horrible things in the name of morality.
- There were all these intricate diagrams of horrible shackles and thumbscrews.
- At times the world is so horrible that continuing to see the bright side becomes hideously difficult.
- It is almost too painful to watch: a horrible enactment of their dual, private hell.
- Our own children and grandchildren have come to haunt us in the most horrible manner.
- I can see me lying in a pool of blood as the last scene in this awful, horrible drama.
- He could not believe that someone, anyone, would do such a horrible thing to such a great country.
Synonyms
dreadful, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling
1. 1.1informal Very unpleasant.
  〈非正式〉令人厌恶的，极不合意的
  the tea tasted horrible
  这茶味道很糟糕。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have a horrible habit of correcting people if they lie in front of me and I catch them.
  I think it is a tribute to the performances that the heat was horrible but didn't detract from the show.
  While in hospital he was given build-up drinks which he disliked, and the food was horrible.
  He tells himself that he is stupid if he thinks anyone as nice as his neighbor would go out with someone as horrible as him.
  He thinks that being horrible to immigrants will secure the Sun readers' vote.
  My stomach deflated and the horrible bloated feeling I had woken with was gone.
  It was a horrible gameshow in which the contestants' children were put in danger as their price of entry.
  She said the smell of the old grass cuttings turning to mulch was horrible.
  There was a horrible crunching noise which turned out to be The Chief's dentures cracking in two.
  We have seen it very graphically by the use of what is a horrible expression, I think, soft skills.
  Karachi had been seeing some horrible heat and humidity until a couple of days ago.
  Right, that's me done and my fingers and eyes need soothing after tapping away on a horrible laptop.
  I did decide to go in the end and as expected the drive there was horrible.
  After my fourth baby was born, a photographer took a picture of me on the beach with horrible cellulite.
  Everybody always used to eat porridge in Scotland and then we went onto the horrible sugary cereals.
  I didn't start out hating them, but the parade of horrible behaviour on show has changed my mind.
  It does, however, taste so horrible that nobody could eat enough to cause death.
  I suspect this was due to a horrible hangover and my lack of interest in small talk.
  So on the morning of the big day I woke up bright and early after suffering a horrible night.
  I want to buy cute summer dresses, not horrible trouser suits with tapered legs.
  Synonyms
  nasty, disagreeable, unpleasant, horrid, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, horrendous, disgusting, foul, revolting, repulsive, repellent, ghastly

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’ (see horrid).

单词	horrible
释义	Definition of horrible in English: horrible adjective ˈhɒrɪb(ə)lˈhɔrəb(ə)l 1Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. 可怕的，恐怖的；令人震惊的 a horrible massacre 令人震惊的大屠杀。 Example sentencesExamples Sure, some will die a horrible gruesome death, but it's only what a fox would do to another animal. It is almost too painful to watch: a horrible enactment of their dual, private hell. She will never be able to forget it, never be free from the horrible memory that this attack will leave her with. With John, I can't feel much about his death apart from how horrible and terrible it was. There were all these intricate diagrams of horrible shackles and thumbscrews. While the world around us is devastated by such horrible things, we watch on. A bitter confrontation ensued which he chose to end in the most horrible way. He could not believe that someone, anyone, would do such a horrible thing to such a great country. Some of them are horrible but then again we watch horror movies and read horror stories. At times the world is so horrible that continuing to see the bright side becomes hideously difficult. Our own children and grandchildren have come to haunt us in the most horrible manner. Thus the average person can be persuaded to do horrible things in the name of morality. Did they think these things were so horrible and awful that they hid them from their prized Healer? It's a horrible, horrible disease, because you never know where it is going to strike next. The horrible memory had temporarily overtaken her but now she was back in reality. I can see me lying in a pool of blood as the last scene in this awful, horrible drama. In fact I think that horrible as it was, that one was a much smaller disaster. I think we are all waiting for someone to wake us and say it was just a horrible nightmare. The nobleman goes on to host orgies, untouched by grief or remorse, until his horrible death. Fox squeezed his eyes shut and desperately tried to tell himself that this was all a horrible nightmare. Synonyms dreadful, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling loathsome, monstrous, abhorrent, detestable, hateful, execrable, abominable, atrocious, sickening, nauseating 1.1informal Very unpleasant. 〈非正式〉令人厌恶的，极不合意的 the tea tasted horrible 这茶味道很糟糕。 Example sentencesExamples I think it is a tribute to the performances that the heat was horrible but didn't detract from the show. He thinks that being horrible to immigrants will secure the Sun readers' vote. We have seen it very graphically by the use of what is a horrible expression, I think, soft skills. I didn't start out hating them, but the parade of horrible behaviour on show has changed my mind. Right, that's me done and my fingers and eyes need soothing after tapping away on a horrible laptop. She said the smell of the old grass cuttings turning to mulch was horrible. I want to buy cute summer dresses, not horrible trouser suits with tapered legs. My stomach deflated and the horrible bloated feeling I had woken with was gone. Karachi had been seeing some horrible heat and humidity until a couple of days ago. It does, however, taste so horrible that nobody could eat enough to cause death. I have a horrible habit of correcting people if they lie in front of me and I catch them. While in hospital he was given build-up drinks which he disliked, and the food was horrible. Everybody always used to eat porridge in Scotland and then we went onto the horrible sugary cereals. So on the morning of the big day I woke up bright and early after suffering a horrible night. I suspect this was due to a horrible hangover and my lack of interest in small talk. It was a horrible gameshow in which the contestants' children were put in danger as their price of entry. There was a horrible crunching noise which turned out to be The Chief's dentures cracking in two. He tells himself that he is stupid if he thinks anyone as nice as his neighbor would go out with someone as horrible as him. After my fourth baby was born, a photographer took a picture of me on the beach with horrible cellulite. I did decide to go in the end and as expected the drive there was horrible. Synonyms nasty, disagreeable, unpleasant, horrid, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, horrendous, disgusting, foul, revolting, repulsive, repellent, ghastly obnoxious, hateful, odious, objectionable, offensive, insufferable, vile, loathsome, abhorrent informal frightful, lousy, God-awful, hellish British informal beastly, grotty, bitchy, catty Northern Irish informal bogging North American informal hellacious archaic disgustful, loathly rare rebarbative Derivatives horribleness noun The ensuing chain of escalating horribleness is complicated further by Banek's suspicions about his firm's integrity and Gipson's attempt to secure a house loan which might keep his wife from moving halfway across the country. Example sentencesExamples Anyways, apologies for the discursive post - I'm steeling myself for tomorrow's horribleness. Atomic bombs are horrible too but the horribleness of the idea of atomic bombs does not make the reality of such bombs go away. One day your mind will be liberated from the horribleness of your masochistic Puritan upbringing and you will revel in proper laziness, like in Europe. The galactic horribleness of this movie can be summed up in one scene, where our gymnast hero is being pursued by bad guys through a suitably Eastern European looking village. Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere 'tremble, shudder' (see horrid). Definition of horrible in US English: horrible adjectiveˈhɔrəb(ə)lˈhôrəb(ə)l 1Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. 可怕的，恐怖的；令人震惊的 a horrible massacre 令人震惊的大屠杀。 Example sentencesExamples In fact I think that horrible as it was, that one was a much smaller disaster. Did they think these things were so horrible and awful that they hid them from their prized Healer? It's a horrible, horrible disease, because you never know where it is going to strike next. The nobleman goes on to host orgies, untouched by grief or remorse, until his horrible death. Sure, some will die a horrible gruesome death, but it's only what a fox would do to another animal. While the world around us is devastated by such horrible things, we watch on. With John, I can't feel much about his death apart from how horrible and terrible it was. A bitter confrontation ensued which he chose to end in the most horrible way. The horrible memory had temporarily overtaken her but now she was back in reality. She will never be able to forget it, never be free from the horrible memory that this attack will leave her with. Fox squeezed his eyes shut and desperately tried to tell himself that this was all a horrible nightmare. I think we are all waiting for someone to wake us and say it was just a horrible nightmare. Some of them are horrible but then again we watch horror movies and read horror stories. Thus the average person can be persuaded to do horrible things in the name of morality. There were all these intricate diagrams of horrible shackles and thumbscrews. At times the world is so horrible that continuing to see the bright side becomes hideously difficult. It is almost too painful to watch: a horrible enactment of their dual, private hell. Our own children and grandchildren have come to haunt us in the most horrible manner. I can see me lying in a pool of blood as the last scene in this awful, horrible drama. He could not believe that someone, anyone, would do such a horrible thing to such a great country. Synonyms dreadful, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling 1.1informal Very unpleasant. 〈非正式〉令人厌恶的，极不合意的 the tea tasted horrible 这茶味道很糟糕。 Example sentencesExamples I have a horrible habit of correcting people if they lie in front of me and I catch them. I think it is a tribute to the performances that the heat was horrible but didn't detract from the show. While in hospital he was given build-up drinks which he disliked, and the food was horrible. He tells himself that he is stupid if he thinks anyone as nice as his neighbor would go out with someone as horrible as him. He thinks that being horrible to immigrants will secure the Sun readers' vote. My stomach deflated and the horrible bloated feeling I had woken with was gone. It was a horrible gameshow in which the contestants' children were put in danger as their price of entry. She said the smell of the old grass cuttings turning to mulch was horrible. There was a horrible crunching noise which turned out to be The Chief's dentures cracking in two. We have seen it very graphically by the use of what is a horrible expression, I think, soft skills. Karachi had been seeing some horrible heat and humidity until a couple of days ago. Right, that's me done and my fingers and eyes need soothing after tapping away on a horrible laptop. I did decide to go in the end and as expected the drive there was horrible. After my fourth baby was born, a photographer took a picture of me on the beach with horrible cellulite. Everybody always used to eat porridge in Scotland and then we went onto the horrible sugary cereals. I didn't start out hating them, but the parade of horrible behaviour on show has changed my mind. It does, however, taste so horrible that nobody could eat enough to cause death. I suspect this was due to a horrible hangover and my lack of interest in small talk. So on the morning of the big day I woke up bright and early after suffering a horrible night. I want to buy cute summer dresses, not horrible trouser suits with tapered legs. Synonyms nasty, disagreeable, unpleasant, horrid, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, horrendous, disgusting, foul, revolting, repulsive, repellent, ghastly Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’ (see horrid).
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