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Word:
horrible
IPA transcription: [h'ɔɹəbəl]
Pronunciations of horrible
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adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
Meaning:
provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
Usage examples
What a horrible idea!
'How simply horrible!'
To us it was simply horrible.
A horrible fear turned me cold.
"Did you make that horrible noise?"
Oh, horrible, horrible, thrice horrible spectacle!
Here lay the whole awful, horrible, amazing puzzle.
With my heart-rending growl--my horrible, shudderful growl?
"What is there horrible about it, David?" the old man asked.
His feet touched and slipped upon its horrible sleek flanks.
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Omayra Sánchez
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Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)
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Nyarlathotep
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The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
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Fourth Crusade
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