horrible
adjective
hor·ri·ble
ˈhȯr-ə-bəl 
ˈhär-
1
: marked by or arousing painful and intense fear, dread, dismay, or aversion : marked by or arousing horror
a horrible accident
2
: extremely bad or unpleasant
a horrible mistake
horrible food
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Examples of horrible in a Sentence
He suffered a horrible death.
The crime scene was too horrible to describe.
The team had a horrible season last year.
He realized that he had made a horrible mistake.
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Rochelle Eastman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
His death was so horrible that people still don’t talk about it.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The aerospace business is growing at a fast clip, but the warehouse automation business within the industrial automation unit has been horrible.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
There are cars cars cars, all horrible, either rusty or burned.
—Mireille Juchau, The Dial, 4 Feb. 2025
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horrible
adjective
hor·ri·ble
ˈhȯr-ə-bəl
ˈhär-
1
: marked by or arousing horror
2
: extremely unpleasant or bad
horrible food
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