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  • 31horrible — (adj) (Intermedio) que da mucho miedo Ejemplos: Para las personas que sufren aracnofobia tocar una araña será una experiencia horrible. El monstruo de Frankenstein tuvo una cara horrible. Sinónimos: espantoso, temible, monstruoso …

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  • 32horrible — adjective 1) a horrible murder Syn: dreadful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, horrid, hideous, grisly, ghastly, gruesome, gory, harrowing, heinous, vile …

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  • 33horrible — adjective 1) a horrible murder Syn: dreadful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, grisly, ghastly, gruesome, harrowing, unspeakable 2) informal a horrible little man …

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  • 34horrible — /ˈhɒrəbəl / (say horuhbuhl) adjective 1. causing or tending to cause horror; dreadful: a horrible sight. 2. extremely unpleasant; deplorable; excessive: horrible conditions. {Middle English, from Old French, from Latin horribilis terrible,… …

  • 35horrible — adj. 1 causing or likely to cause horror; hideous, shocking. 2 colloq. unpleasant, excessive (horrible weather; horrible noise). Derivatives: horribleness n. horribly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF (h)orrible f. L horribilis f. horrere: see HORRID …

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  • 36horrible — See horrible, horrid …

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  • 37horrible — [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has… …

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  • 38horrible — hor•ri•ble [[t]ˈhɔr ə bəl, ˈhɒr [/t]] adj. 1) causing horror; shockingly dreadful 2) extremely unpleasant; deplorable: horrible living conditions[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME (h)orrible < OF < L horribilis=horri , var. s. of horrēre+… …

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  • 39horrible — adj., abominable, affreux : abominâblyo // oriblyo, a, e (Albanais.001) ; afreû, za, e (001). A1) expr., c est horrible : y è daô léd afére (Morzine), y èt afreû (001) …

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  • 40horrible — [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has… …

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