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horrible

hor·rible

UK/ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl/ US/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ common

adjective

1.

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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Origin

First attested in Middle English (alternately as horrible and orrible) in 1303: from Old French horrible, orrible, orible, from Latin horribilis, from horr(ēre) (“tremble”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).

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