| query | If you describe something or someone as h_______, you do not like them at all.If you describe something or someone as horrible, you do not like them at all. The record sounds horrible. ...a horrible small boy. When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly. |
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| word | horrible |
| full-definition | adjective If you describe something or someone as horrible, you do not like them at all. The record sounds horrible. ...a horrible small boy. When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly. You can call something horrible when it causes you to feel great shock, fear, and disgust . Still the horrible shrieking came out of his mouth. A two-year-old boy was horribly murdered. Horrible is used to emphasize how bad something is. That seems like a horrible mess that will drag on for years. Unless you respect other people's religions, horrible mistakes and conflict will occur. Our plans have gone horribly wrong. |
| inflections | horriblyhorriblyhorribly |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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