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HORRIBLE
atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
horrible (plural horribles)
A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
Adjective
horrible (comparative horribler or more horrible, superlative horriblest or most horrible)
Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
Tremendously bad.
Synonyms
• See frightening
• See bad
Source: Wiktionary
Hor"ri*ble, a. Etym: [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.]
Definition: Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder. A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.
Syn.
– Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific; shocking; hideous; horrid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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