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{
"term": "horrible",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like",
"sensetop": "it is horrible to do somethingit is horrible doing something",
"labels": "(informal)especially British English",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What horrible weather!"
},
{
"text": "The coffee tasted **absolutely horrible**."
},
{
"text": "a horrible mess/smell/noise"
},
{
"text": "I've got a horrible feeling she lied to us."
},
{
"text": "I **feel horrible** about what happened."
},
{
"text": "He **looks horrible** with that new haircut."
},
{
"text": "He admits that he made a horrible mistake when he left her."
},
{
"text": "It was horrible to have to leave my family behind.",
"contextForm": "it is horrible to do something"
},
{
"text": "It was horrible sitting there all on my own.",
"contextForm": "it is horrible doing something"
}
],
"topics": ["Weather"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "making you feel very shocked and frightened",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pretty **horrible experience**"
},
{
"text": "a horrible crime/death/nightmare"
},
{
"text": "a horrible tragedy/accident"
},
{
"text": "a truly horrible sight"
},
{
"text": "She woke from a horrible nightmare."
}
],
"synonyms": "terrible",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "unfriendly, unpleasant or unkind",
"sensetop": "horrible to somebody",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a horrible person"
},
{
"text": "What a **horrible thing** to say!"
},
{
"text": "My sister was being horrible to me all day.",
"contextForm": "horrible to somebody"
}
],
"synonyms": "nasty, obnoxious",
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhɒrəbl/",
"audio": "ho/horrible/horrible__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhɔːrəbl/",
"audio": "ho/horrible/horrible__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’."
}