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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. provoking horror;
- Example: "an atrocious automobile accident"
- Example: "a frightful crime of decapitation"
- Example: "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
- Example: "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- Example: "an ugly wound"
[syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Horrible \Hor"ri*ble\, a. [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible,
   orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See
   Horror.]
   Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful;
   terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible
   story; a horrible murder.
   [1913 Webster]

         A dungeon horrible on all sides round.   --Milton.

   Syn: Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific;
        shocking; hideous; horrid.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

horrible
    adj 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" [syn: atrocious,
           frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]