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Definition of annus horribilis in English: annus horribilisnounˌanəs hɒˈriːbɪlɪsˌanəs həˈribələs A year of disaster or misfortune. Example sentencesExamples - Elizabeth II would probably empathise with a British fashion industry now facing its own annus horribilis as the luxury goods market tailspins into recession.
- It is only five weeks since the start of the new year, but 2001 already looks like being an annus horribilis for the Irish technology sector.
- The new strategy comes after the company's annus horribilis as last year, the stock price showed an annual decline for the first time in almost 20 years.
- With the World Cup less than three weeks away, the last year has been an annus horribilis for football's men in black.
- If he had any lingering doubts about putting last year's annus horribilis behind him, he surely buried them yesterday.
- The group deserves credit in this annus horribilis for supporting us with all that growth.
- It has been an agricultural annus horribilis of unprecedented proportions, devilishly embellished with animal suffering, human stress and financial deprivation.
- Last year will be remembered as an annus horribilis for the global economy and financial markets.
- It all came to a head in 1996, her annus horribilis.
- 1999 was unquestionably the annus horribilis of my adult life.
- That same year was also beset by war, famine, witchcraft, assassination plots, and volcanic eruptions - truly it was an annus horribilis.
- They were all finished with their annus horribilis of 2004.
- 2004 might well turn out to be my annus horribilis, everything just seems to be going wrong.
- But even an annus horribilis can produce enough progress to inspire hope for better days.
- But no doubt they'll get the numbers to fit somehow and the affair will pass into history - another episode in the parliament's annus horribilis.
- Thanks to stocks like these, while 2003 won't be an annus mirabilis - a year to marvel at - it shouldn't be an annus horribilis either.
- For Britain's scientific institutions, the last 12 months have been an annus horribilis.
- If 1992 was the Queen of England's annus horribilis, then the people of northern California will have similar feelings for 2001.
- All I can say is that this year has been our annus horribilis.
- This confirmed 2000 as an annus horribilis for the computer industry.
Origin Modern Latin, suggested by annus mirabilis. Definition of annus horribilis in US English: annus horribilisnounˌanəs həˈribələs A year of disaster or misfortune. Example sentencesExamples - But no doubt they'll get the numbers to fit somehow and the affair will pass into history - another episode in the parliament's annus horribilis.
- It all came to a head in 1996, her annus horribilis.
- All I can say is that this year has been our annus horribilis.
- For Britain's scientific institutions, the last 12 months have been an annus horribilis.
- The new strategy comes after the company's annus horribilis as last year, the stock price showed an annual decline for the first time in almost 20 years.
- 1999 was unquestionably the annus horribilis of my adult life.
- They were all finished with their annus horribilis of 2004.
- Elizabeth II would probably empathise with a British fashion industry now facing its own annus horribilis as the luxury goods market tailspins into recession.
- Last year will be remembered as an annus horribilis for the global economy and financial markets.
- It is only five weeks since the start of the new year, but 2001 already looks like being an annus horribilis for the Irish technology sector.
- It has been an agricultural annus horribilis of unprecedented proportions, devilishly embellished with animal suffering, human stress and financial deprivation.
- But even an annus horribilis can produce enough progress to inspire hope for better days.
- That same year was also beset by war, famine, witchcraft, assassination plots, and volcanic eruptions - truly it was an annus horribilis.
- With the World Cup less than three weeks away, the last year has been an annus horribilis for football's men in black.
- If 1992 was the Queen of England's annus horribilis, then the people of northern California will have similar feelings for 2001.
- The group deserves credit in this annus horribilis for supporting us with all that growth.
- This confirmed 2000 as an annus horribilis for the computer industry.
- 2004 might well turn out to be my annus horribilis, everything just seems to be going wrong.
- Thanks to stocks like these, while 2003 won't be an annus mirabilis - a year to marvel at - it shouldn't be an annus horribilis either.
- If he had any lingering doubts about putting last year's annus horribilis behind him, he surely buried them yesterday.
Origin Modern Latin, suggested by annus mirabilis. |