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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. A dungeon horrible on all sides round. --Milton. Syn: Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific; shocking; hideous; horrid. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: horrible adj : 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}, {ugly}]
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