'Horrible' definitions:
Definition of 'horrible'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]
Definition of 'Horrible'
From: GCIDE
- Horrible \Hor"ri*ble\, a. [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.] Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder. [1913 Webster]
- A dungeon horrible on all sides round. --Milton.
- Syn: Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific; shocking; hideous; horrid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'horrible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- appalling,
- arrant,
- astounding,
- atrocious,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- baneful,
- base,
- beastly,
- beneath contempt,
- blameworthy,
- brutal,
- contemptible,
- deadly,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dire,
- direful,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- fearful,
- fell,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- foul,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- fulsome,
- ghastly,
- ghoulish,
- grievous,
- grim,
- grisly,
- gross,
- gruesome,
- harrowing,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- howling,
- infamous,
- lamentable,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- lurid,
- macabre,
- monstrous,
- morbid,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- nauseous,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- odious,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- rank,
- redoubtable,
- regrettable,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- reprehensible,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- rotten,
- rousing,
- sad,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- schrecklich,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sickening,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- terrifying,
- thumping,
- too bad,
- tragic,
- tremendous,
- unclean,
- unpleasant,
- unspeakable,
- vile,
- villainous,
- whacking,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched