horrible
A thing that causes horrorA thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
» I think that's horrible.
Я думаю, это ужасно.
Я думаю, що це жахливо.
Meaning
2 sensesA thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
Examples
527 sentencesI think that's horrible.
Я думаю, що це жахливо.
ruЯ думаю, это ужасно.
What happened was horrible.
Те, що трапилося, було жахливим.
ruТо, что случилось, было ужасно.
deWas passierte war schrecklich.
That's a horrible idea.
Це жахлива ідея.
ruЭто ужасная идея.
That's a horrible plan.
Це жахливий план.
ruЭто ужасный план.
This picture is horrible.
Ця фотографія жахлива.
ruЭта картина ужасна.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
First attested in Middle English (alternately as horrible and orrible) in 1303: from Old FFirst attested in Middle English (alternately as horrible and orrible) in 1303: from Old French horrible, orrible, orible, from Latin horribilis, from horr(ēre) (“tremble”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).
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Forms
plural: horriblesCollocations
12 patterns- something horrible
- was a horrible
- had a horrible
- horrible thing
- made a horrible
- what a horrible
- something horrible is
- a horrible thing
- a horrible mistake
- that something horrible
- something horrible has
- horrible has happened