horrible — meaning in English
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English meaning
- awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
- ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
- gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
- horrible adj Causing horror; extremely unpleasant or shocking.
- horrid adj Very unpleasant, nasty, or unkind.
- macabre adj Disturbingly focused on death, or gruesome and horrifying to look at.
- terrible adj Very bad or unpleasant.
Senses
horrible is used for these senses in English:
- awful Very bad.
- awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
- ghastly Extremely bad.
- gruesome Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
- horrible Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
- horrible Tremendously bad.
- horrid Causing horror or dread.
- macabre Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
awful — full definition
- adj Very bad or unpleasant.
- adv informal: Very; extremely.
ghastly — full definition
- adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
- adj Pale and deathly-looking.
- adj (informal, especially British) Very bad or unpleasant, used for milder complaints as well as serious horror.