Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness; shocking repulsiveness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
horrible .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And a small note to those here and in other boards jumping in with such degrading, nasty comments like “Good riddance” or “Thank god that horribleness is over”: Is it too much to ask for a little sensitivity, even a little grace?
'Dollhouse' canceled: Are we peeved or pleased by this development? | EW.com 2009
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Note, that "friends close to" Miliband were quoted in the Times last week saying they expected "horribleness" if he ran i.e. smears.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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It's no wonder she was at the heart of the season's first house brouhaha, a screaming, senseless blowup with Sammi, Jersey Shore's poster girl for hand-waving, hate-spewing horribleness.
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If you really want to see horribleness, check out what these people write about the greatest American genocidaire, Andrew Jackson.
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If you have a stomach for the horribleness you can read about the incident and see a photo of Said before the beating and after his death.
Joshua Hoyt: Courage: Cairo, Egypt Joshua Hoyt 2011
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Long unavailable in any form, the Star Wars Holiday Special can be found around the web on various video sites so it's horribleness will no longer go unremembered.
December 2009 2009
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I'm having a 'The Aristocrats' moment, the more I look at the horribleness of this cartoon, the funnier I am finding the artistry behind it.
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"I was sort of surprised that this massive horribleness was happening right next door from where I had this sunny childhood growing up, spent at the beach and on boats," she said.
The New York Public Library: Everything Is Broken: Three Years After the Burmese Cyclone, the Stories Still Hit Home The New York Public Library 2011
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As for Star Wars, episodes 1 through 3 are virtually unrelieved horribleness, with bad actors acting badly, and good actors apparently strangled by bad directing, wooden dialogue and characters who are almost universally unsympathetic.
Chosen ones 2009
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Long unavailable in any form, the Star Wars Holiday Special can be found around the web on various video sites so it's horribleness will no longer go unremembered.
Our Christmas Gift To You: The Star Wars Holiday Special 2009
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