horrible

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, [-b(ə)ɫ] (New York City, Philadelphia, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹ.ɪ.bəl/ Hyphenation: hor‧ri‧ble === Noun === horrible (plural horribles) 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. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === horrible (comparative horribler or more horrible, superlative horriblest or most horrible) Causing horror; terrible; shocking. Tremendously bad. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:frightening See Thesaurus:bad ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== == Asturian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin horribilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈrible/ [oˈri.β̞le] Rhymes: -ible Syllabification: ho‧rri‧ble === Adjective === horrible (epicene, plural horribles) horrible ==== Related terms ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin horribilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈrib.blə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [oˈri.ble] === Adjective === horrible m or f (masculine and feminine plural horribles) horrible ==== Derived terms ==== horriblement ==== Related terms ==== horror == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French horrible, orrible, orible, borrowed from Latin horribilis. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁibl/ Hyphenation: ho‧rri‧ble === Adjective === horrible (plural horribles) horrible (causing horror) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “horrible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Alternative forms === horríbel === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin horribilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈrible/ [ʊˈri.β̞lɪ] Rhymes: -ible Hyphenation: ho‧rri‧ble === Adjective === horrible m or f (plural horribles) horrible ==== Derived terms ==== horriblemente ==== Related terms ==== horror === Further reading === “horrible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French horrible, orrible, orible, from Latin horribilis. === Adjective === horrible horrible ==== Descendants ==== English: horrible == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin horribilis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈrible/ [oˈri.β̞le] Rhymes: -ible Syllabification: ho‧rri‧ble === Adjective === horrible m or f (masculine and feminine plural horribles) horrible Synonym: desapacible ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “horrible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025