horrible
adjective
[ ˈhɒrɪb(ə)l ]
• causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.
• "a horrible massacre"
Similar:
dreadful,
horrifying,
horrific,
horrendous,
frightful,
fearful,
awful,
terrible,
shocking,
appalling,
hideous,
grim,
grisly,
ghastly,
harrowing,
gruesome,
heinous,
vile,
nightmarish,
macabre,
unspeakable,
hair-raising,
spine-chilling,
loathsome,
monstrous,
abhorrent,
detestable,
hateful,
execrable,
abominable,
atrocious,
sickening,
nauseating,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’ (see horrid).
