horrible

Meaning

Noun

1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
2. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.

Adj

1. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
2. Tremendously bad.

Synonyms

terrible

dreadful

awful

frightful

gruesome

ghastly

nasty

hideous

abominable

atrocious

dreary

dismal

grisly

abhorrent

loathsome

detestable

horrifying

appalling

abysmal

accursed

vile

horrid

horrific

bleak

dire

disgusting

fearful

😨

horrendous

scary

formidable

terrifying

frightening

shocking

alien

👽

repulsive

cruel

ugly

terrific

monstrous

god-awful

dread

foul

outrageous

repellent

fearsome

lousy

inhuman

low

agonizing

heinous

Translations

horrible

horrible

orribile

schrecklich

afschuwelijk

horroroso

orrendo

afgrijselijk

abominável

scheußlich

affreux

ijselijk

atrox

abominable

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒɹɪbəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

First 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”).