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horribles

horribles is the plural of horrible.

Meaning of horrible

Noun

horrible (plural horribles)

  1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
    • Here's a carcase. I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. Such a waggish leering as lurks in all your horribles!1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
  2. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.

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Words formed from horribles

Phrases with horribles

Questions about horribles

What is horribles the plural of?
Horribles is the plural of horrible.

Words near horribles in the dictionary

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

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