horrible
provoking horror
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,756 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,353 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- provoking horror also: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, ugly an atrocious automobile accidenta frightful crime of decapitation
horrible in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There was an awkward pause, a dreary pause, a horrible pause.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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The shorter Negro stood gazing at the horrible death of his brother without flinching.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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I tried to keep from seeing his horrible face as the rope began to slip through his fingers.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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But can't you see that this is quite different from the sort of kidnapping you naturally look on as horrible?
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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The too cruel scenes which had just taken place were to them like the absurd incidents of a horrible nightmare.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1