Skip to content

horrible

horrible

adjective oh-REE-bluh Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

awful

Usage Note

Horrible is used both literally (something causing horror) and as an intensified colloquial expression of displeasure — un temps horrible ('horrible weather'), une journée horrible ('a terrible day'). It is invariable in gender for its ending but takes -s in the plural. The adverb horriblement means 'horribly' or 'terribly'.

Examples

"Ce film est vraiment horrible."

Natural Translation

This film is really horrible.

Literal Translation

This film is truly horrible

Free starter pack

Building your French vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common French words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore French by topic