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horrible

/ˈhɑɹɪbəl/
noun
  1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.

  2. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.

adjective
  1. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.

  2. Tremendously bad.

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