horrible
English
/ˈhɒɹɪbəl/, /ˈhɔɹɪbəl/, /ˈhɑɹɪbəl/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Derived from Latin horribilis (horrible, frightful).
Origin
Latin
horribilis
Gloss
horrible, frightful
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- horribleness English
- horribly English
- unhorrible English
- horreō Latin
- horribilior Latin
- horribilis Latin
- horribilissimus Latin
- horribiliter Latin
- orribile Italian
- horrible Spanish, Castilian
- horrível Portuguese
- horriblenesse Middle English
- horribly Middle English
- horrible Old French
- orible Old French
- horrible Catalan, Valencian
- horrible Galician
- horrible Asturian