Horrible meaning in English

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Definition

(a) horrible (man): (a) terrible, unpleasant, dreadful, horrid (man) adjective
He was a horrible little boy, always pulling the legs off spiders. He really was terrible, nobody liked him.

UK: He was a horrible little boy, always pulling the legs off spiders.
US: That is the most horrible shirt I have ever seen.

Examples

  • "I mean, I love your acting in "Horrible Crimes and Forensic Miracles"."
  • "Also, you're a horrible person and I don't want to help you."
  • "Now you must print a retraction of your horrible article, which is a real travesty."
  • "The experience was utterly humiliating for both of us, and for a long while, it seemed that we would die in that horrible, detestable yet meticulously organized hellhole."
  • "Edward : Oh my god Jean, that's horrible!"
  • "These children are horrible!"
  • "- "Crocodile Dundee" (those horrible films!)"
  • "Can you imagine such a horrible way to die?"
  • "Jean : I'm sorry but I don't want to see any more of this horrible apartment."
  • "Brian : Oh dear, how horrible!"
  • "Bruno : Undeniably horrible!"
  • "Not that I will have an appetite after this horrible main course!"
  • "There was a horrible traffic jam on highway 101 this morning."
  • "He plays the doctor in the show, "Horrible Crimes and Forensic Miracles"."
  • ""Horrible Crimes and Forensic Miracles"... Those were the good old days."
  • "The TV network canceled "Horrible Crimes and Forensic Miracles" due to poor ratings."

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