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horrible

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hor⋅ri⋅ble

  [hawr-uh-buhl, hor-]
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–adjective
1. causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
2. extremely unpleasant; deplorable; disgusting: horrible living conditions.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME (h)orrible < OF < L horribilis, equiv. to horr- (s. of horrēre to stand on end, bristle with fear) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms:
hor⋅ri⋅ble⋅ness, noun
hor⋅ri⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. terrible, awful, appalling, frightful; hideous, grim, ghastly, shocking, revolting, repulsive, horrid, horrendous, horrifying, repellent.

Antonyms:
1. attractive.
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hor·ri·ble   (hôr'ə-bəl, hŏr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful: "War is beyond all words horrible" (Winston S. Churchill).

  2. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin horribilis, from horrēre, to tremble.]
hor'ri·ble·ness n., hor'ri·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

horrible 
1303, from O.Fr. horrible, from L. horribilis, from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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