horrible

Universal Words adjective 1 (especially spoken) very bad or unpleasant; used to describe sth that you do not like: horrible weather / children / shoes * The coffee tasted horrible. * I've got a horrible feeling she lied to us. * It was horrible sitting there all on my own. 2 making you feel very shocked and frightened: a horrible crime / nightmare 3 (especially spoken) (of people or their behaviour) unfriendly, unpleasant or unkind: a horrible man * My sister was being horrible to me all day. * What a horrible thing to say! horribly adverb: It was horribly painful. * The experiment went horribly wrong. * She was horribly aware that he was watching her every move.