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horribler

/ˈhɒɹɪb(ə)lə(ɹ)/

horribler is the comparative form of horrible.

Meaning of horrible

Adjective

horrible (comparative horribler or more horrible, superlative horriblest or most horrible)

  1. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
    • Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which...1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
  2. Tremendously bad.
    • Having now absorbed all or parts of 750 responses to my complaints about Transformers, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that most of those writing agree with me that it is a horrible movie.2010, Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010, page 599

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Questions about horribler

What is horribler the comparative form of?
Horribler is the comparative form of horrible.
How do you pronounce horribler?
Horribler is pronounced /ˈhɒɹɪb(ə)lə(ɹ)/.

Words near horribler in the dictionary

  1. horribilities
  2. horribility
  3. horrible
  4. horribleness
  5. horriblenesses
  6. horribler
  7. horribles
  8. horriblest
  9. horribley
  10. horribly
  11. horrid

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