Definition of HORRIBLE

horrible

Plural: horribles

Adjective Satellite

  • provoking horror; ; ; ; - Winston Churchill
    • "war is beyond all words horrible"

Noun

  • Something that causes intense horror, disgust, or dread.
  • A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
  • A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.

Adj

  • Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
  • Tremendously bad.

Examples

  • Leaving a triple word score open for his opponent was a HORRIBLE mistake.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in Middle English (alternately as horrible and orrible) in 1303: from Old French horrible, orrible, orible, from Latin horribilis, from horr(ēre) (“tremble”) + -ibilis (“-ible”).

Scrabble Score: 13

horrible: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
horrible: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
horrible: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

horrible: valid Words With Friends Word