HORRIBLE


Meaning of HORRIBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɒrɪb(ə)l, AM hɔ:r- ]

1.

If you describe something or someone as horrible , you do not like them at all. ( INFORMAL )

The record sounds horrible.

...a horrible small boy.

ADJ

• hor‧ri‧bly

When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly.

ADV : ADV with v

2.

You can call something horrible when it causes you to feel great shock, fear, and disgust.

Still the horrible shrieking came out of his mouth.

= terrible

ADJ

• hor‧ri‧bly

A two-year-old boy was horribly murdered.

ADV : ADV with v

3.

Horrible is used to emphasize how bad something is.

That seems like a horrible mess that will drag on for years...

= awful

ADJ : ADJ n [ emphasis ]

• hor‧ri‧bly

Our plans have gone horribly wrong...

ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj

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