HORRIBLE


Meaning of HORRIBLE in English

1.

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

The record sounds ~.

...a ~ small boy.

ADJ

horribly

When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly.

ADV: ADV with v

2.

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

Still the ~ shrieking came out of his mouth.

= terrible

ADJ

horribly

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 ~ mess that will drag on for years...

= awful

ADJ: ADJ n emphasis

horribly

Our plans have gone horribly wrong...

ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

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