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horrible

Word family 
hor·ri·ble /ˈhɒrəbəl $ ˈhɔː-, ˈhɑː-/ ●●● S2 adjectiveadj
1  BADvery bad – used, for example, about things you see, taste, or smell, or about the weather 糟糕的，令人不快的，極討厭的
The weather has been really horrible all week.
整個星期天氣都很糟。
a horrible smell
極難聞的氣味
The food looked horrible, but it tasted OK.
那食物看上去很糟，可吃起來還不錯。
► see thesaurus at bad
2  FRIGHTENEDvery unpleasant and often frightening, worrying, or upsetting 可怕的，嚇人的，令人恐懼的
a horrible dream
噩夢
I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane.
我有一種很不好的感覺，我們要趕不上飛機了。
3  FRIGHTENEDrude and unfriendly 粗魯的，不友好的
She’s a horrible person.
她是個粗魯的人。
What a horrible thing to say!
這話真粗魯！
be horrible to somebody
Why are you so horrible to me?
你對我爲什麽這麽兇？
► see thesaurus at unkind
—horribly adverbadv
Her face was horribly scarred.
她臉上有難看的疤。
The plan had gone horribly wrong.
整個計劃弄得一團糟。
 THESAURUS
taste/smell 味道/氣味
horrible very bad and unpleasant 糟糕的，令人不快的
What’s that horrible smell?
什麽氣味這麽難聞？
This fish tastes horrible.
這魚真難吃。
disgusting/revolting horrible, especially in a way that makes you feel slightly sick 惡心的，使人反感的
I had to take two spoons of some disgusting medicine.
我只得吞下兩勺很難吃的藥。
The stench in the room was revolting.
房間裏惡臭難當。
nasty very unpleasant – often used about a taste that stays in your mouth 〔常指口中的餘味〕令人極爲不快的
Cheap wine sometimes leaves a nasty taste in your mouth.
廉價葡萄酒有時會留下很不好的餘味。
the nasty smell of bad eggs
變質雞蛋的惡臭
nauseating /ˈnɔːzieɪtɪŋ, -si- $ ˈnɒːzi-, -ʃi-/ horrible and making you feel that you are going to vomit – used especially about a smell 〔尤指氣味〕令人惡心[作嘔]的
the nauseating smell of stale beer and cigarette smoke
走味的啤酒和香煙煙霧令人作嘔的氣味
foul /faʊl/ horrible – used especially when there is decay or waste 〔尤指因腐爛或有廢棄物而〕難吃的；難聞的,惡臭的
There was a foul smell coming from the water.
水中泛出一股惡臭。
nWhatever it was in that cup, it tasted foul.
experience, situation, event 經歷、狀況、事件
horrible/terrible/awful/dreadful very bad and unpleasant 極糟的，可怕的
For one horrible moment, I thought I was going to fall.
有一刹那很可怕，我覺得自己要跌倒了。
The refugees were living in dreadful conditions.
這些難民的生活環境非常糟糕。
nIt must have been a terrible worry for them.
nThousands of people lost their jobs – it was awful.
nasty very unpleasant and shocking – used especially about events where people are hurt 令人極不愉快的，嚴重的〔尤指有人受傷的事件〕
There’s been a nasty accident on the motorway.
高速公路上發生了嚴重的事故。
a nasty cut
嚴重的割傷
The news came as a nasty shock.
消息傳來，令人極爲震驚。
Examples from the Corpus
horrible• This stuff tastes horrible!• You make your players look horrible.• I really don't like her at all - she's horrible!• The pain was horrible.• One is horrible and the other might be the best ever in football.• It was really horrible coming home and finding all our things had been stolen.• a horrible crime• It's very cold and horrible down here at the moment.• We told her nothing of our horrible experience.• This was a horrible, horrible place.• She got some horrible kind of stomach flu.• Danny's such a horrible little brat.• Her husband was a horrible man - lazy, and always drunk.• There was a horrible moment when she thought she had left all her files on the train.• I am absolutely sure the decision to have an abortion for social reasons is a horrible one for these women.• It's quite a horrible thing when you've worked on something so hard, but you have to go through it.• I think I'll go out if you're just going to be horrible to me.• Of course, at last a train got him and killed him in a horrible way.
be horrible to somebody• It was horrible to be called boring.• It must be horrible to be driven away from all your old haunts because you might bump into your drug mates.• She ain't crying or nothing, but her face is horrible to look at.• Knowing what had happened to Mr MacQuillan, it was horrible to open a package and find a knife.• However, like most beautiful timbers it was horrible to work, being very soft and crumbly.
Origin horrible
(1200-1300) French Latin horribilis, from horrere; → HORROR

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