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