"horrible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɒɹɪbəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔɹɪbəl/ [US], /ˈhɒɹɪbəl/ [US], [-bəɫ] [US], /ˈhɑɹɪbəl/ [Ireland, New-York-City, Philadelphia] Audio: en-us-horrible.ogg [US] Forms: horribler [comparative], more horrible [comparative], horriblest [superlative], most horrible [superlative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|horrible}} horrible, {{m|enm|orrible}} orrible, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|horrible}} horrible, {{m|fro|orrible}} orrible, {{m|fro|orible}} orible, {{der|en|la|horribilis}} Latin horribilis, {{m|la|horrere|horr(ēre)|tremble}} horr(ēre) (“tremble”), {{m|la|-ibilis||-ible}} -ibilis (“-ible”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} horrible (comparative horribler or more horrible, superlative horriblest or most horrible)
  1. Causing horror; terrible; shocking. Categories (topical): Fear Translations (causing horror, terrible): aaklig (Afrikaans), φρικώδης (phrikṓdēs) (Ancient Greek), αἰνός (ainós) (Ancient Greek), ἄπλατος (áplatos) (Ancient Greek), رَهِيب (rahīb) (Arabic), فَظِيع (faẓīʕ) (Arabic), horrible (Asturian), жахлі́вы (žaxlívy) (Belarusian), стра́шны (strášny) (Belarusian), ужа́сен (užásen) (Bulgarian), стра́шен (strášen) (Bulgarian), horrible (Catalan), hòrrid (Catalan), esgarrifós (Catalan), къемате (qʼemate) (Chechen), 可怕的 (kěpà de) (Chinese Mandarin), 可畏 (kěwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), hrozný (Czech), strašný (Czech), verschrikkelijk (Dutch), kauhea (Finnish), kauhistuttava (Finnish), hirvittävä (Finnish), karmiva (Finnish), kammottava (Finnish), horrible (French), affreux (French), horrible (Galician), horríbel (Galician), საშინელი (sašineli) (Georgian), schrecklich (German), abscheulich (German), fies (German), makaber (German), entsetzlich (German), grausig (German), भयंकर (bhayaṅkar) (Hindi), borzalmas (Hungarian), borzasztó (Hungarian), rettenetes (Hungarian), hræðilegur (Icelandic), ledega (Ido), gránna (Irish), uafásach (Irish), orribile (Italian), terribile (Italian), 恐ろしい (osoroshii) (alt: おそろしい) (Japanese), қорқынышты (qorqynyşty) (Kazakh), 끔찍하다 (kkeumjjikhada) (Korean), dīrus (Latin), horribilis (Latin), horrificus (Latin), horrendus (Latin), šausmīgs (Latvian), ужасен (užasen) (Macedonian), страшен (strašen) (Macedonian), ഭയാനകമായ (bhayānakamāya) (Malayalam), hôrribl'ye (Norman), eġeslīċ (Old English), straszny (Polish), okropny (Polish), horrível (Portuguese), oribil (Romanian), groaznic (Romanian), îngrozitor (Romanian), ужа́сный (užásnyj) (Russian), стра́шный (strášnyj) (Russian), भीषण (bhīṣaṇa) (Sanskrit), у̏жа̄сан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), стра́шан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕžāsan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), strášan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hrozný (Slovak), strašný (Slovak), grozen (Slovene), horrible (Spanish), horrendo (Spanish), fasansfull (Swedish), hemsk (Swedish), empele (Tocharian B), korkunç (Turkish), жахли́вий (žaxlývyj) (Ukrainian), страшни́й (strašnýj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-horrible-en-adj-FbgKBuWw Disambiguation of Fear: 45 14 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 34 5 29 Disambiguation of 'causing horror, terrible': 91 9
  2. Tremendously bad. Translations (tremendously bad): فَظِيع (faẓīʕ) (Arabic), أَرْبَد (ʔarbad) (Arabic), ужасен (užasen) (Bulgarian), horrible (Catalan), terrible (Catalan), pèssim (Catalan), 糟透的 (zāotòu de) (Chinese Mandarin), surkea (Finnish), horrible (French), épouvantable (French), жантүршігерлік (jantürşıgerlık) (Kazakh), ചീത്ത (cītta) (Malayalam), ужа́сный (užásnyj) (Russian), berbat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-horrible-en-adj-zqIbc~r0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 34 5 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 41 4 33 Disambiguation of 'tremendously bad': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: frightening, bad Related terms: horrific, horrify, horror, horrendous

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɒɹɪbəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔɹɪbəl/ [US], /ˈhɒɹɪbəl/ [US], [-bəɫ] [US], /ˈhɑɹɪbəl/ [Ireland, New-York-City, Philadelphia] Audio: en-us-horrible.ogg [US] Forms: horribles [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|horrible}} horrible, {{m|enm|orrible}} orrible, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|horrible}} horrible, {{m|fro|orrible}} orrible, {{m|fro|orible}} orible, {{der|en|la|horribilis}} Latin horribilis, {{m|la|horrere|horr(ēre)|tremble}} horr(ēre) (“tremble”), {{m|la|-ibilis||-ible}} -ibilis (“-ible”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} horrible (plural horribles)
  1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act. Translations (terrifying thing): ужасия (užasija) (Bulgarian), kauheus (Finnish), ഭീകരം (bhīkaraṁ) (Malayalam), ബീഭത്സം (bībhatsaṁ) (Malayalam), horrível [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), înfiorare [feminine] (Romanian), înfricoșare [feminine] (Romanian), groază [feminine] (Romanian), korkunç (Turkish), berbat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-horrible-en-noun-abAXMwt0 Disambiguation of 'terrifying thing': 92 8
  2. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
    Sense id: en-horrible-en-noun-JRh5kfxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 34 5 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 31 5 40

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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "kauheus"
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      "word": "ഭീകരം"
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      "word": "ബീഭത്സം"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "aaklig"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "فَظِيع"
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      "word": "horrible"
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      "code": "be",
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      "word": "жахлі́вы"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "стра́шны"
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      "word": "ужа́сен"
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      "word": "стра́шен"
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      "word": "horrible"
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      "word": "esgarrifós"
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      "code": "ce",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "къемате"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "可怕的"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "可畏"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "strašný"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "verschrikkelijk"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "kauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "kauhistuttava"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "hirvittävä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "kammottava"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "horrible"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "affreux"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "horrible"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "horríbel"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "sašineli",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "საშინელი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "schrecklich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "abscheulich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "fies"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "makaber"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "entsetzlich"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "grausig"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "borzalmas"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "borzasztó"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "rettenetes"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "hræðilegur"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "ledega"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "gránna"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "uafásach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "orribile"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "terribile"
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      "alt": "おそろしい",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "恐ろしい"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "qorqynyşty",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "қорқынышты"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "끔찍하다"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "šausmīgs"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "užasen",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "ужасен"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "strašen",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "страшен"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "ഭയാനകമായ"
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "hôrribl'ye"
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "eġeslīċ"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "straszny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "okropny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "horrível"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "oribil"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "îngrozitor"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "užásnyj",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "ужа́сный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "стра́шный"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "word": "भीषण"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "у̏жа̄сан"
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      "code": "sh",
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "strášan"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "hrozný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "strašný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "grozen"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "horrible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "horrendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "fasansfull"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "hemsk"
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    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "empele"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "korkunç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žaxlývyj",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "жахли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "strašnýj",
      "sense": "causing horror, terrible",
      "word": "страшни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "faẓīʕ",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "فَظِيع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔarbad",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "أَرْبَد"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "užasen",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "ужасен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "horrible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "terrible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "pèssim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zāotòu de",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "糟透的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "surkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "horrible"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "épouvantable"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jantürşıgerlık",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "жантүршігерлік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cītta",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "ചീത്ത"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "užásnyj",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "ужа́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tremendously bad",
      "word": "berbat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "horrible"
}

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