Meaning of horrible | Babel Free

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1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
2. aakligheid فَظاعَه، رُعْب، هَلَع отвратителност horror hrůzostrašnost die Schrecklichkeit rædselsfuldhed φρίκη calidad de horrible õudus ناگواري hirveys caractère horrible אימה भयावहता strahota szörnyűség, iszonyat sifat mengerikan hryllingur, skelfing mostruosità 恐ろしさ 끔찍함 siaubingumas šausmīgums; pretīgums kedahsyatan afschuwwekkendheid, afschrikwekkendheid grufullhet okropieństwo ناخوښی، خطرناک horror caracter îngrozitor ужас hrôzostrašnosť grozota grozota förskräcklighet ความน่าเกลียดน่ากล...
3. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
4. verskriklik بِصورَة فَظيعَه أو مُرْعِبَه отвратително horrivelmente hrozně schrecklich frygteligt; hæsligt; rædselsfuldt τρομερά, φρικτάhorriblemente õudusttekitavalt بطور وحشتناك hirveän horriblement בְּאוֹפֶן מַחֲרִיד भयंकर रूप से grozno, strašno iszonyúan secara mengerikan hryllilega, hræðilega orribilmente 恐ろしく 무섭게 siaubingai šausmīgi; pretīgi dalam keadaan yang menggerunkan afschuwelijk, (af)schrikwekkend skrekkelig, redselsfullt, grufullt okropnie, strasznie په ویرونکی ډول horrivelmente...
5. terrible; terrifying. a horrific accident; a horrific journey. afskuwelik مُفْزِع، مُرْعِب ужасяващ horrendo entsetzlich grufuld; forfærdelig φοβερόςhorroroso, horrible, terrible õudne هولناك kauhistuttava terrifiant מַחֲרִיד रोमांचकारी koji užasava, jezovit rettentő mengerikan ógnvekjandi orribile, raccapricciante 恐ろしい 끔찍한 šiurpus, baisingas šaušalīgs dahsyat schrikaanjagendgruoppvekkendestraszliwy, okropny خطرناک horrendo groaz­nic ужасающий strašen užasan fasaväckande, hårresande น่ากลัว k...
6. to shock greatly. Mrs Smith was horrified to find that her son had a tattooed chest. met afsku vervul, skok يُفْزِع، يُرْعِب ужасявам horrorizar zděsit entsetzen forfærde; chokere σοκάρωhorrorizar; escandalizar kohutama وحشت زده كردن kauhistua horrifier לְהַחֲרִיד आतंकित करना užasnuti, zaprepastiti megdöbbent mengejutkan, terkejut hræða, skelfa inorridire, sconvolgere ぞっとさせる 오싹하게 하다 (kam) sukelti siaubą, pritrenkti šausmināt; pārbiedēt gerun shockeren, schrik aanjagenfylle med redsel, forferd...
7. angswekkend مُفْزِع، مُرْعِب ужасяващ horrendo děsivý entsetzend forfærdende; chokerende φρικτόςhorroroso, horrendo jubedusttekitav هولناك kauhistuttava horrifiant מַחֲרִיד भयानक užasavajuci megdöbbentő mengerikan skelfilegur orribile 恐ろしい 오싹하게 하는 keliantis siaubą šausminošs menggerunkan schrikaanjagendforferdende, gruoppvekkendeprzerażający ډارول horrendo îngrozitor приводящий в ужас desivý grozo zbujajoč užasavajući skräckinjagande, fasaväckande ทำให้ตกใจ ürkütücü, dehşet verici 恐怖的 шокуючи...
8. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful: "War is beyond all words horrible" (Winston S. Churchill).
9. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
10. causing horror; dreadful
11. disagreeable; unpleasant
12. informal cruel or unkind
    informal

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Examples

“Here's a carcase. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. Such a waggish leering as lurks in all your horribles!”

“A lot of the possible horribles conjured up by the people objecting to this convention ignore the plain language of this treaty.”

“The pot had previously simmered skate wings, cods' heads, whales, pigs' hearts and a long litany of other horribles.”

“I'm trying to convince him that the criminal behavior that's going on at the White House has to end. And I give him one horrible after the next. I just keep raising them. He sort of swats them away.”

“Many scholars have demonstrated these horribles and contemplated significant limitations on class actions.”

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