Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - horrible
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Horrible
horrible
1. If you describe something or someone as horrible, you do not like them at all. (INFORMAL) The record sounds horrible. ...a horrible small boy. ADJ • horribly When trouble comes they behave selfishly and horribly. ADV: ADV with v 2. You can call something horrible when it causes you to feel great shock, fear, and disgust. Still the horrible shrieking came out of his mouth. = terrible ADJ • horribly A two-year-old boy was horribly murdered. ADV: ADV with v 3. Horrible is used to emphasize how bad something is. That seems like a horrible mess that will drag on for years... = awful ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • horribly Our plans have gone horribly wrong... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
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adjective Etymology: Middle English orrible, ~, from Anglo-French, from Latin horribilis, from horrere Date: 14th century 1. marked by or arousing horror a ~ accident 2. extremely bad or unpleasant a ~ mistake ~ food • ~ noun • ~ness noun • horribly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 causing or likely to cause horror; hideous, shocking. 2 colloq. unpleasant, excessive (horrible weather; horrible noise). Derivatives horribleness n. horribly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF (h)orrible f. L horribilis f. horrere: see HORRID ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. роман ужасов halfpenny horribles —- бульварная литература, романы ужасов; книжонки со страшными рассказами 2. редк. нечто ужасное; ужасный человек; ужасная вещь 3. страшный, ужасающий, вселяющий ужас horrible cruelty —- ужасающая жестокость horrible devastation —- страшные разрушения horrible disease —- страшное заболевание horrible wrong —- ужасная несправедливость; страшная обида it was horrible to see —- видеть это было ужасно 4. эмоц-усил. ужасный, отвратительный, противный horrible weather —- отвратительная погода horrible din —- страшный шум a horrible bore —- скучнейшая личность that was horrible of him —- это было возмутительно с его стороны horrible to the ear —- режет слух ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) страшный, ужасный 2) coll. противный, отвратительный, отталкивающий 2. noun роман ужасов - halfpenny horribles ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 very unpleasant and often frightening or upsetting (a horrible murder) 2 spoken very bad or unpleasant (horrible weather | I have a horrible feeling we're going to miss the plane.) 3 spoken rude and unfriendly (What a horrible man.) - horribly adv (Her face was horribly scarred.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 13c., from O.Fr. horrible, from L. horribilis, from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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