I gasped with surprise at the horrible picture of the starving people.
Source: tatoeba (20085)
Horrible
//ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl//
Synonyms for "horrible" (159 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
horrifyingabhorrentabominableabysmalappallingarrantastoundingatrociousawe inspiringawe-inspiringawesomeawfulbanefulbasebeastlybeneath contemptblameworthybrutalcondigncontemptible
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (79)
Adjective(2 words)
howlingickyinfamouslamentableloathsomelousyluridmacabremonstrousmorbidnamelessnastynauseatingnauseousnefariousnoisomenotoriousobnoxiousobsceneodious
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offensiveoutrageouspitiablepitifulrankredoubtableregrettablerepellentrepellingreprehensiblerepugnantrepulsiverevoltingrottenrousingsadsatanicscandalousscaryschlockschrecklichscurvyshabbyshamefulshockingshoddysickeningsordidsqualidterribleterrificterrifyingthumpingtoo badtragictremendousuncleanunpleasantunsightlyunspeakableunwholesomevilevillainouswhackingwoefulworstworthlesswretched
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
114 translations across 46 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- aaklig adj (causing horror, terrible)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- αἰνός adj (causing horror, terrible)
- φρικώδης adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ἄπλατος adj (causing horror, terrible)
Arabic
4 entries- أَرْبَد adj (tremendously bad)
- رَهِيب adj (causing horror, terrible)
- فَظِيع adj (causing horror, terrible)
- فَظِيع adj (tremendously bad)
Asturian
1 entries- horrible adj (causing horror, terrible)
Belarusian
2 entries- жахлі́вы adj (causing horror, terrible)
- стра́шны adj (causing horror, terrible)
Bulgarian
4 entries- стра́шен adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ужа́сен adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ужасен adj (tremendously bad)
- ужасия noun (terrifying thing)
Catalan
4 entries- esgarrifós adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrible adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrible adj (tremendously bad)
- hòrrid adj (causing horror, terrible)
Chechen
1 entries- къемате adj (causing horror, terrible)
Chinese
1 entries- 著災 /著灾 adj (tremendously bad)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 可怕的 adj (causing horror, terrible)
- 可畏 adj (causing horror, terrible)
- 糟糕 adj (tremendously bad)
- 糟透 adj (tremendously bad)
Czech
2 entries- hrozný adj (causing horror, terrible)
- strašný adj (causing horror, terrible)
Dutch
1 entries- verschrikkelijk adj (causing horror, terrible)
Esperanto
2 entries- horora adj (causing horror, terrible)
- terura adj (causing horror, terrible)
Finnish
4 entries- hirvittävä adj (causing horror, terrible)
- kammottava adj (causing horror, terrible)
- karmiva adj (causing horror, terrible)
- kauhea adj (causing horror, terrible)
French
4 entries- affreux adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrible adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrible adj (tremendously bad)
- épouvantable adj (tremendously bad)
Galician
2 entries- horrible adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horríbel adj (causing horror, terrible)
Georgian
1 entries- საშინელი adj (causing horror, terrible)
German
4 entries- abscheulich adj (causing horror, terrible)
- entsetzlich adj (causing horror, terrible)
- fies adj (causing horror, terrible)
- grausig adj (causing horror, terrible)
Hindi
1 entries- भयंकर adj (causing horror, terrible)
Hungarian
3 entries- borzalmas adj (causing horror, terrible)
- borzasztó adj (causing horror, terrible)
- rettenetes adj (causing horror, terrible)
Icelandic
1 entries- hræðilegur adj (causing horror, terrible)
Ido
1 entries- ledega adj (causing horror, terrible)
Irish
2 entries- gránna adj (causing horror, terrible)
- uafásach adj (causing horror, terrible)
Italian
2 entries- orribile adj (causing horror, terrible)
- terribile adj (causing horror, terrible)
Japanese
1 entries- 恐ろしい adj (causing horror, terrible)
Kazakh
2 entries- жантүршігерлік adj (tremendously bad)
- қорқынышты adj (causing horror, terrible)
Korean
1 entries- 끔찍하다 adj (causing horror, terrible)
Latin
4 entries- dīrus adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrendus adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horribilis adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrificus adj (causing horror, terrible)
Latvian
1 entries- šausmīgs adj (causing horror, terrible)
Macedonian
2 entries- страшен adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ужасен adj (causing horror, terrible)
Malayalam
4 entries- ചീത്ത adj (tremendously bad)
- ഭയാനകമായ adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ബീഭത്സം noun (terrifying thing)
- ഭീകരം noun (terrifying thing)
Norman
1 entries- hôrribl'ye adj (causing horror, terrible)
Old English
1 entries- eġeslīċ adj (causing horror, terrible)
Polish
4 entries- okropny adj (causing horror, terrible)
- okropny adj (tremendously bad)
- straszny adj (causing horror, terrible)
- okropieństwo noun (terrifying thing)
Portuguese
2 entries- horrível adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horrível noun (terrifying thing)
Romanian
4 entries- groaznic adj (causing horror, terrible)
- oribil adj (causing horror, terrible)
- îngrozitor adj (causing horror, terrible)
- groază noun (terrifying thing)
Russian
3 entries- стра́шный adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ужа́сный adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ужа́сный adj (tremendously bad)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भीषण adj (causing horror, terrible)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- strášan adj (causing horror, terrible)
- ȕžāsan adj (causing horror, terrible)
- стра́шан adj (causing horror, terrible)
- у̏жа̄сан adj (causing horror, terrible)
Slovak
2 entries- hrozný adj (causing horror, terrible)
- strašný adj (causing horror, terrible)
Slovene
1 entries- grozen adj (causing horror, terrible)
Spanish
2 entries- horrible adj (causing horror, terrible)
- horroroso adj (causing horror, terrible)
Swedish
2 entries- fasansfull adj (causing horror, terrible)
- hemsk adj (causing horror, terrible)
Tocharian B
1 entries- empele adj (causing horror, terrible)
Turkish
4 entries- berbat adj (tremendously bad)
- korkunç adj (causing horror, terrible)
- berbat noun (terrifying thing)
- korkunç noun (terrifying thing)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жахли́вий adj (causing horror, terrible)
- страшни́й adj (causing horror, terrible)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
It's horrible to get caught in rush hour traffic.
Source: tatoeba (29744)
In due course, eating meat will be considered as horrible as eating human flesh.
Source: tatoeba (30303)
It's really horrible.
Source: tatoeba (32530)
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