orribile — meaning in English

English meaning

• awful adj Very bad or unpleasant.
• dreadful adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
• ghastly adj Extremely unpleasant, shocking, or horrifying.
• gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
• hideous adjective Extremely or shockingly ugly.
• horrible adj Causing horror; extremely unpleasant or shocking.

Senses

orribile is used for these senses in English:

• awful Very bad.
• awful (dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
• dreadful Full of something causing dread, whether
• ghastly Extremely bad.
• gruesome Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
• hideous Extremely or shockingly ugly.
• horrible Causing horror; terrible; shocking.

awful — full definition

1. adj Very bad or unpleasant.
2. adv informal: Very; extremely.

dreadful — full definition

1. adj Very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
2. adj Causing genuine fear or horror.
3. noun A cheaply printed, sensational story or crime report, especially from the 19th century (a "penny dreadful").

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