Collocations for "horrible"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "horrible" in context.
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horrible
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- that's a horrible idea!
- [that's, what] a horrible thing to [say, do]!
- this was a horrible mistake
- was horrible to [watch, see, read, hear]
- how horrible for you!
- must have been horrible for you
- you're a horrible person!
- that was a horrible [experience, restaurant, trip, journey]
- had a horrible time [at, on]
- met a horrible [demise, end]
- made a horrible mistake
- have [seen, heard] horrible things
- has been having horrible [visions, thoughts, premonitions]
- the most horrible [part, thing] is
- has a horrible credit score
- am feeling horrible right now
- feel horrible that you had to
- as horrible as it sounds
- am horrible at [keeping secrets, drawing]
- this [food, burger] isn't horrible
- horrible and [dark, morbid, sinister]
- a horrible-looking [animal, dish, man]
'horrible' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
battle
- dreadful
- every
- explanation
- fate
- fright
- funk
- ghastly
- hideous
- look
- manure
- me
- mood
- movie
- news
- noise
- ordeal
- outside
- pretty
- really
- reference
- row
- season
- shock
- smell
- stuff
- summer
- surprise
- term
- thing
- trick
- vacation
- view
- wedding
- week
- weekend
- witness