Definition of Horrible

1. Adjective. Provoking horror. "An ugly wound"

Exact synonyms: Atrocious, Frightful, Horrifying, Ugly
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Frightfulness

Definition of Horrible

1. a. Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.

Definition of Horrible

1. Noun. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act. ¹

2. Noun. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles. ¹

3. Adjective. Causing horror; terrible; shocking. ¹

4. Adjective. Tremendously wrong or errant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Horrible

1. something that causes horror [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horrible

horopters
horoscope
horoscoper
horoscopers
horoscopes
horoscopies
horoscopist
horoscopists
horoscopy
horosphere
horospheres
horospherical
horrendous
horrendously
horrent
horrible (current term)
horribleness
horriblenesses
horribles
horribly
horrid
horrider
horridest
horridly
horridness
horridnesses
horrific
horrifical
horrifically
horrification

Literary usage of Horrible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"... though ' the enemy's ships lie much exposed to the operation of fireships, it is a horrible mode of warfare, and the attempt hazardous if not desperate. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"These horrible suggestions are made with a composure and good faith which astounds the ... He is awful in his smiling experience, his horrible suggestions. ..."

3. Documentary History of Reconstruction: Political, Military, Social by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1907)
"[December, 1875] LOOK upon their election [Whipper and Moses as judges] sa horrible disaster — a disaster equally great to the State to the Republican party ..."

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