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01. The food in that restaurant is [horrible] - really greasy, and way too salty.
02. What's the matter with your stereo? The sound is [horrible].
03. Matt used to be a [horrible] tennis player, but he has really practiced, and now he's getting pretty good.
04. The entire nation was shocked by the [horrible] murder of two small children by their baby-sitter.
05. Zak got [horribly] drunk at the party, and threw up all over the couch.
06. Their divorce is a [horrible] mess that has been dragging on for years.
07. His face was [horribly] burnt in the fire.
08. My Japanese friend loves natto, but I think it tastes [horrible].
09. My sister has [horrible] taste in clothes. She's 25, but she dresses like an old lady.
10. My report card was really [horrible] last term because all I did was go to parties and stuff, and I never did my homework.
11. We heard a [horrible] sound outside our window last night, and when we woke up this morning we discovered our cat had been killed by a raccoon.
12. Countless animals suffer [horribly] in order to make sure medical drugs and procedures are safe for humans.
13. Edgar Allan Poe once said of himself, "I became insane, with long intervals of [horrible] sanity."
14. The music of the Beatles was once described by an American newspaper reporter as unbelievably [horrible].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • horrible — [ ɔribl ] adj. • 1175; lat. horribilis 1 ♦ Qui fait horreur, remplit d horreur ou de dégoût. ⇒ abominable, affreux, atroce, effrayant, effroyable, épouvantable, hideux, horrifiant. Blessure horrible. Pousser des cris horribles. « L horrible… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • horrible — Horrible. adj. de tout genre. Qui fait horreur. Cela est horrible. il n y a rien de si horrible que la mort. une horrible cruauté. une horrible meschanceté. supplice horrible. monstre horrible. action horrible. laideur horrible. objet horrible.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • horrible — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que causa horror: Escuché un horrible grito que me heló la sangre. Me explicaba un accidente horrible que ha ocurrido enfrente de su casa. Sinónimo: horroroso. 2. (ser / estar; antepuesto / pospuesto)… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • horrible — 1 Horrible, horrid, horrific, horrendous mean inspiring horror or abhorrence. Horrible (see also FEAR FUL 2) is the general term for what inspires horror {some . . . horrible form, which might deprive your sovereignty of reason Shak.} {wrongs and …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Horrible — LP de Suárez Publicación 23 de mayo de 1995 Grabación 1995 Género(s) Pop experimental rock alternativo indie rock …   Wikipedia Español

  • horrible — (adj.) c.1300, from O.Fr. horrible, orrible (12c.) horrible, repugnant, terrifying, from L. horribilis terrible, fearful, dreadful, from horrere to bristle with fear, shudder (see HORROR (Cf. horror)). Used as a mere intensifier from mid 15c …   Etymology dictionary

  • horrible — Horrible, Horribilis, Durus, Execrabilis. Horrible, ou cruel à voir, Triste, Horrendum. C est chose horrible et espouventable à ouyr, Nefandum auditu est …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • horrible — (Del lat. horribĭlis). 1. adj. Que causa horror. 2. coloq. Muy feo. 3. coloq. Muy intenso o acentuado. Nos dio un susto horrible. 4. coloq. Muy malo, pésimo. Nos dieron un café horrible …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • horrible — index contemptible, deplorable, diabolic, dire, disastrous, disgraceful, formidable, gross (flagrant) …   Law dictionary

  • horrible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing or likely to cause horror. 2) informal very unpleasant. DERIVATIVES horribly adverb …   English terms dictionary

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