During his illness, he fell away horribly.
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Horribly
//ˈhɔɹəbli//
Synonyms for "horribly" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
horrendouslyhorridlyhorrificallyhorrifyinglyimproperlyinexcusablyinfamouslyinfernallyinordinatelyintolerablylamentablyloathsomelymiserablynakedlynastilynauseatinglynotoriouslyobnoxiouslyodiouslyoffensively
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openlyoutrageouslypainfullypiteouslyrepugnantlyrepulsivelyrevoltinglysadlysavagelyscandalouslyshabbilyshamefullyshatteringlyshockinglysomething awfulsomething fiercesordidlysorelystaggeringlystartlinglyterriblyterrificallytorturouslytragicallytremendouslyunashamedlyunbearablyunconscionablyundulyunpardonablyveryviciouslyvilelywoefullywretchedly
Adverb(4 words)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἰνῶς adv (in a horrible way)
Catalan
1 entries- horriblement adv (in a horrible way)
Czech
2 entries- hrozně adv (in a horrible way)
- hrozně adv (extremely)
Esperanto
2 entries- horore adv (in a horrible way)
- terure adv (extremely)
Finnish
4 entries- kammottavasti adv (in a horrible way)
- kammottavasti adv (with a bad effect)
- kauhean adv (extremely)
- kauheasti adv (extremely)
French
3 entries- horriblement adv (in a horrible way)
- horriblement adv (extremely)
- horriblement adv (with a bad effect)
Galician
1 entries- horribelmente adv (in a horrible way)
German
1 entries- fürchterlich adv (in a horrible way)
Italian
1 entries- orribilmente adv (in a horrible way)
Portuguese
1 entries- horrivelmente adv (in a horrible way)
Russian
4 entries- стра́шно adv (in a horrible way)
- стра́шно adv (extremely)
- стра́шно adv (with a bad effect)
- ужа́сно adv (in a horrible way)
Spanish
1 entries- horriblemente adv (in a horrible way)
Turkish
1 entries- berbatça adv (in a horrible way)
Walloon
2 entries- carapmint adv (extremely)
- teribmint adv (extremely)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Tom failed horribly.
Source: tatoeba (1519026)
My tooth is making me suffer horribly.
Source: tatoeba (2099983)
Tom's room is horribly messy and you can't even put your foot anywhere.
Source: tatoeba (2595653)
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