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Word entry · 8 letters

horrible

Best crossword clue

"Really bad"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted behilorrStarts with HEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Very unpleasant, frightening, shocking, or bad.

Word 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”).

Used in a sentence

  • Here's a carcase. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. Such a waggish leering as lurks in all your horribles!
  • A lot of the possible horribles conjured up by the people objecting to this convention ignore the plain language of this treaty.
  • The pot had previously simmered skate wings, cods' heads, whales, pigs' hearts and a long litany of other horribles.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Really bad8 letters
02very unpleasant8 letters

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