horrible
US: /ˈhɔɹəbəɫ/
UK: /hˈɒɹɪbəl/
UK: /hˈɒɹɪbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
horrible /'hɔrəbl/
- tính từ
- kinh khủng, kinh khiếp
- horrible cruelty: sự tàn ác khủng khiếp
- kinh tởm, xấu xa
- (thông tục) đáng ghét; hết sức khó chịu; quá lắm
- horrible weather: thời tiết hết sức khó chịu
- horrible noise: tiếng ồn ào qua lắm
- kinh khủng, kinh khiếp
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (especially spoken) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe sth that you do not like: horrible weather / children / shoes + The coffee tasted horrible. + I've got a horrible feeling she lied to us. + It was horrible sitting there all on my own.
2 making you feel very shocked and frightened: a horrible crime / nightmare
3 (especially spoken) (of people or their behaviour) unfriendly, unpleasant or unkind: a horrible man + My sister was being horrible to me all day. + What a horrible thing to say!
horribly adverb: It was horribly painful. + The experiment went horribly wrong. + She was horribly aware that he was watching her every move.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 awful, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, horrific, terrible, terrifying, dreadful, abominable, abhorrent, appalling, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, ghoulish, gruesome, loathsome, hideous, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, harrowing, blood-curdling, macabre, unspeakable, shocking:
The horrible sight of her father's mangled body haunted her for the rest of her days
2 awful, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable, horrid, terrible, dreadful, obnoxious, offensive, atrocious, monstrous, contemptible, detestable, despicable, Colloq Brit beastly:
The food was perfectly horrible at our hotel. Take that horrible little dog away.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
ADV.
bloody
(taboo),
really
That was a really horrible thing to say!
| absolutely, perfectly, quite, truly
a truly horrible sight
| pretty, rather
a pretty horrible experience
PREP.
to
My sister has always been horrible to me.
Concise English dictionary
'hɑrəbl ,'hɔ- /hɒ'r-
adj.
+provoking horror
