hor‧ri‧ble S2 / hɒrəb ə l, hɒrɪb ə l $ hɔ-, hɑ- / 形容词

1 very bad – used, for example, about things you see, taste, or smell, or about the weather :

The weather has been really horrible all week.

a horrible smell

The food looked horrible, but it tasted OK.

2 very unpleasant and often frightening, worrying, or upsetting :

a horrible dream

I have a horrible feeling that we’re going to miss the plane.

3 rude and unfriendly :

She’s a horrible person.

What a horrible thing to say!

be horrible to somebody

Why are you so horrible to me?

— horribly 副词 :

Her face was horribly scarred.

The plan had gone horribly wrong .

THESAURUS

taste/smell

horrible very bad and unpleasant : What’s that horrible smell? | This fish tastes horrible.

disgusting/revolting horrible, especially in a way that makes you feel slightly sick : I had to take two spoons of some disgusting medicine. | The stench in the room was revolting.

nasty very unpleasant – often used about a taste that stays in your mouth : Cheap wine sometimes leaves a nasty taste in your mouth. | the nasty smell of bad eggs

nauseating / nɔzieɪtɪŋ, -si- $ nɒzi-, -ʃi- / horrible and making you feel that you are going to vomit – used especially about a smell : the nauseating smell of stale beer and cigarette smoke

foul / faʊl / horrible – used especially when there is decay or waste : There was a foul smell coming from the water. | Whatever it was in that cup, it tasted foul.

experience, situation, event

horrible/terrible/awful/dreadful very bad and unpleasant : For one horrible moment, I thought I was going to fall. | The refugees were living in dreadful conditions. | It must have been a terrible worry for them. | Thousands of people lost their jobs – it was awful.

nasty very unpleasant and shocking – used especially about events where people are hurt : There’s been a nasty accident on the motorway. | a nasty cut | The news came as a nasty shock.