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
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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Most of them make something that doesn’t need a container and tastes horrible.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But just how cute can horrible tragedy be?
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
During the subsequent century, filmmakers returned to this reflexive mode of cinema for a variety of reasons, either to examine their artistic process, explore formal innovations, expose some horrible secret, or, perhaps most often, satirize the ivory-tower industry itself.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Their timing, like Joann DePina’s, was horrible, and the gates came down while the car was in the crossing.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
But just how cute can horrible tragedy be?
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
During the subsequent century, filmmakers returned to this reflexive mode of cinema for a variety of reasons, either to examine their artistic process, explore formal innovations, expose some horrible secret, or, perhaps most often, satirize the ivory-tower industry itself.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Their timing, like Joann DePina’s, was horrible, and the gates came down while the car was in the crossing.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for horrible
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“Horrible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrible. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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