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[ adjective ] provoking horror
Synonyms Examples "an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill "an ugly wound" Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)Most_of these , with horrible exceptions , were conceived as is a ship , not as an attempt to quell the ocean of mankind , nor to deny its force , but as a means to survive and enjoy it . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)One , more horrible than the rest , lunged , growling deep in his throat , his hair bristling . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Waking_up was horrible . Related terms |
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