horrible

The definition of horrible is something very frightful, dreadful or shocking.

(adjective)

Sour milk is an example of something that would be described as tasting horrible.

See horrible in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ME < OFr < L horribilis < horrere: see horrid

See horrible in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful: “War is beyond all words horrible” (Winston S. Churchill).
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin horribilis

Origin: , from horrēre, to tremble

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