Hypertext Webster Gateway: "horrible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A dungeon horrible on all sides round. --Milton.
Syn: Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific;
shocking; hideous; horrid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
horrible
adj : 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}, {ugly}]
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