horribleadjective
uk/ˈhɒr.ə.bəl/us/ˈhɔːr.ə.bəl/A2 very unpleasant or bad:
He's got a horrible cold.
What's that horrible smell?
That was a horrible thing to say!
very shocking and frightening:
a horrible crime
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- What earthly reason can she have for being so horrible to you?
- The sight was so horrible that I had to turn away.
- Why should anyone want to eat something so horrible?
- She's got a horrible little dog that yaps around your ankles.
- I refuse to live under the same roof as that horrible man.
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- shockingly
- stinking
- wretched
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