- 1(informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like horrible weather/children/shoes The coffee tasted horrible. I have a horrible feeling she lied to us. It was horrible sitting there all on my own. Thesaurusterrible
- awful
- horrible
- dreadful
- foul
- horrendous
- terrible very bad or unpleasant; making you feel unhappy, frightened, upset, ill, guilty, or disapproving:What terrible news! That's a terrible thing to say!
- awful (somewhat informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like or that makes you feel depressed, ill, guilty, or disapproving:That's an awful color. The weather last summer was awful.
- horrible (somewhat informal) very unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like:The coffee tasted horrible.
- dreadful (somewhat informal) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like or that you disapprove of:My schedule is dreadful this week.
- foul extremely bad or unpleasant:A foul odor came from the kitchen. He was in a foul mood.
- horrendous (somewhat informal) extremely unpleasant and unacceptable:The traffic around the city was horrendous.
- terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful for somebody
- a(n) terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful/foul thing
- a(n) terrible/awful/horrible/foul smell
- terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful/vile/horrendous conditions
- terrible/awful/horrible/dreadful/foul weather
- terrible/awful/dreadful news
- 2making you feel very shocked and frightened synonym terrible a horrible crime/nightmare
- 3(informal) (of people or their behavior) unfriendly, unpleasant, or unkind synonym nasty, obnoxious a horrible man My sister was being horrible to me all day. What a horrible thing to say!
NAmE//ˈhɔrəbli//, NAmE//ˈhɑrəbli//
adverb It was horribly painful. The experiment went horribly wrong. She was horribly aware that he was watching her every move.See horrible in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: horrible