horrible Copy link Outline 1. horrĭbĭlis, e (fit to excite a shudder or alarm)2. horrendus (like preced. but chiefly poet.)3. foedus (revolting, shocking)4. nĕfārius, nĕfandus (in moral sense) • horrible: 1. horrĭbĭlis, e (fit to excite a shudder or alarm): a h. spectacle, spectaculum h., Sall. Jug. 101, fin.: Caes. Join: tetra horribilisque [pestis], Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11. 2. horrendus (like preced. but chiefly poet.): h. to tell, horrendum dictu! Virg.: Hor.: Liv. (Horrĭfer, horrĭfĭcus, rare and only poet.) 3. foedus (revolting, shocking): h. storms, f. tempestates, Liv. 25, 7: a most h. war, bellum foedissimum, Cic. Att. 7, 26, extr.: v. frightful. 4. nĕfārius, nĕfandus (in moral sense): v. abominable. See also horrid.