Horrible in english
Horrible
pronunciation: hɔrəbəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: hɔrəbəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
horrible = horrid ; lousy ; unsightly ; revolting ; nasty ; unpleasant ; awful ; terrible ; crummy ; hideous ; shocking ; horrible ; dreadful ; heinous ; frightening ; yucky ; pathetic ; crappy ; yukky .
Example: The horrid thing broke out with a screeching laugh, and pointed his brown finger at me.Example: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.Example: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.Example: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.Example: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.Example: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, she added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you' = And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, she added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.Example: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.Example: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.Example: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending 'crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.Example: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Example: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.Example: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.Example: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.Example: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.Example: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Example: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.Example: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.Example: What is interesting is that Rowan held her prisoner for 20 years in a hidden cell in what looks like a very crappy hospital.Example: All our perceptions are either of one thing or another A or B, yummy or yukky.more:
» la horrible verdad = the awful truth .
Example: The awful truth is that he knows that for the short term -- and seriously, that could mean years -- he stands a good chance of getting away with it.» morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death ; die + a horrible death .
Example: Many who were wounded and still alive when this was going on a suffered a horrible death at the hands of the enemy. Example: The article is entitled 'Making friends with the Web: traditional vendors must accept the Web, or die a horrible death'.» sentirse horrible = feel + horrible .
Example: I never ring in sick but on this occasion i'm feeling horrible.» tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death ; suffer + a horrible death .
Example: The article is entitled 'Making friends with the Web: traditional vendors must accept the Web, or die a horrible death'. Example: Many who were wounded and still alive when this was going on a suffered a horrible death at the hands of the enemy.» tener un aspecto horrible = look + shit .
Example: Someone had asked Max why he didn't shave off his sideboards as they looked shit.