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Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.

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  1. a. Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder.
  2. adj. provoking horror
  3. Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder. A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton. Syn. -- Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific; shocking; hideous; horrid.
  4. Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful;terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story;a horrible murder.A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.