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horrible English

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What does horrible mean?
Definitions in simple English

horrible

If something is horrible, it is very bad. The killing of this woman was a horrible, horrible crime. Yesterday was horrible, just horrible. My God, these things are horrible. I can't believe they happened. They only had a no food or water and they feared a slow and horrible death.

horrible

(= atrocious, frightful, horrifying, ugly) 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

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Simple sentences

Rape is a horrible crime.
I made a horrible decision.
A horrible thing happened on that bus.
It's really horrible.
It is horrible to see.
It was horrible to hear about the crime.
This medicine tastes horrible.
I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.
I had a horrible dream last night.
You've got to help me! Every night I have the same horrible dream.
The other day, something horrible happened in the busy square.
I had such a horrible dream last night.
What horrible weather.
This soup smells horrible. Do you think it's gone off?
It was really horrible.
You look horrible.
Tom couldn't shake the feeling that something horrible was about to happen.
These days when I hear about these horrible incidents on the news I get the feeling that more and more young people are losing their ability to distinguish between real and virtual worlds.
It feels horrible to be pitied.
How horrible!

Movie subtitles

But. that's horrible!
You never know when some giant fiendish beast Will strike at us with its horrible fanged tentacles.
Horrible.
I have a horrible shellfish allergy.
I've been horrible to Valencia, like, really horrible, and I really want to reach out to her.
And you're horrible.
That's horrible.
Yes, Mary is a horrible person.
Guys, the next time I tell you someone's a horrible person, he's probably a horrible person.
You don't believe I could do something so horrible?
Because Halloween is a horrible night to be a cop. That's why.
They came in, they turned out the lights, everything was black. the next thing I know, I could feel someone near me, and then I heard the most awful, horrible sound.
It's a horrible accusation!
Horrible tragedy, horrible tragedy.
Oh, Mr. Harker! Mr. Harker, it's horrible!
Oh, it's horrible! Dr. Seward!
It's horrible, Van Helsing, horrible!
The most horrible expression came over her face.
The odor in the room from that horrible weed is stifling. I can't stand it.
Locking me in my room. And the horrible smell of that awful weed.
Her face took on a horrible expression like that of a hungry beast.
You should have seen the horrible look on his face when he saw the sunlight.
Those horrible days and nights.
There can be no wedding while this horrible creation of mine is still alive.
It's horrible.
Every single one of them is so horrible. there are total of 10 kinds of hells.
Every single one of them is so horrible.
Yes, uh, starting with. I've been horrible to Valencia, like, really horrible, and I really want to reach out to her.
By the morning, a radiant sun had wiped out all traces of the horrible night.
No, this place always smells horrible!
Horrible!
There's something horrible happening up there!

News and current affairs

After a particularly horrible massacre in 1996, a new prime minister, John Howard, declared that enough was enough.
The horrible truth is that failure to eradicate the root causes of terrorism is almost certain to extend the Age of Terrorism, it is not clear that they really can be eradicated.
The horrible murder of Giovanna Reggiani that took place near a Romanian refugee camp in the suburb of Tor di Quinto in Rome shocked both Italy and Romania.
Economic performance has been horrible for two decades; the system is grinding to a halt. The stock market, rightly looking ahead, already sees prospects for change.
Two horrible world wars tore our Continent apart.
Germany's Nazi past is uniquely horrible, so comparisons with other countries with blighted histories are misleading.
True, the news coming from Iraq is horrible, but the US is fighting a full-blown war in Iraq; it is not engaged in a counterterrorist operation.
Indeed, the two other options - Iran's emergence as a nuclear power or the use of military force to prevent this - would, in addition to all of its horrible consequences, also increase oil and gas prices.
Each time such horrible stories were published, we had to remind ourselves that, yes indeed, the acts were demonic, but the perpetrators remained each a child of God.
Nobody, it seemed, wanted to spoil the party by pointing that the event was immensely futile, that it highlighted a horrible metaphor, or that it caused much higher overall pollution.
There are far more horrible punishments in the hereafter for such women.
The horrible crimes.
Meth users often develop rotten teeth and horrible scabs caused by scratching themselves due to a sensation of insects crawling under their skin.
This horrible conflict is being addressed through threats of military force, sanctions, and generally the language of war and peacekeeping.
Perhaps that would be enough to reassure everyone that policymakers' current acquiescence in a prolonged slump was a horrible mistake that will not be repeated.
Economic performance has been horrible for two decades; the system is grinding to a halt.
In the chronicles of those horrible years, two ships take starring, albeit ill-fated, roles: the Struma and the St. Louis.
The bottom line, though, is that better policies can at best mitigate the economic consequences of this horrible recession.
The horrible computerized telephone-answering systems that we all now suffer with might actually improve.
That all Jews, including Israeli Jews, should remain haunted by a horrible past is understandable.
But, unfortunately, we are not such people, and nuclear weapons have played - and continue to play - a civilizing role in international relations: their use would be so horrible that we tailor our behavior accordingly.

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