horrible

Something frightening, especially a terrible result that someone warns might happen.

• Each horrible was described in frightening detail.
• The speaker listed one horrible after another.
• None of the predicted horribles actually happened.

Similar words: horror

Common phrases: a possible horrible, another predicted horrible

Extremely bad or unpleasant.

• This soup tastes horrible.
• We had a horrible journey home.
• Why was he so horrible to you?

Similar words: awful, terrible, dreadful

Opposites: wonderful

Common phrases: horrible weather, horrible day, horrible taste

So frightening or cruel that it deeply upsets people.

• They witnessed a horrible accident.
• The film showed horrible scenes of war.
• She woke from a horrible dream about the attack.

Similar words: horrifying, terrifying, shocking

Common phrases: horrible crime, horrible death, horrible sight