a horrible sight

  • 1horrible sight — ghastly scene, hideous spectacle, frightful sight …

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  • 2Horrible — Hor ri*ble, a. [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See {Horror}.] Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible… …

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  • 3horrible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste ADVERB ▪ really …

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  • 4horrible — horribleness, n. horribly, adv. /hawr euh beuhl, hor /, adj. 1. causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight. 2. extremely unpleasant; deplorable; disgusting: horrible living conditions. [1275 1325; ME (h)orrible < OF …

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  • 5horrible — /ˈhɒrəbəl / (say horuhbuhl) adjective 1. causing or tending to cause horror; dreadful: a horrible sight. 2. extremely unpleasant; deplorable; excessive: horrible conditions. {Middle English, from Old French, from Latin horribilis terrible,&#8230; …

  • 6Horrible Science — is a spin off series of books of Horrible Histories written by Nick Arnold (with the exception of Evolve or Die , which is written by Phil Gates), illustrated by Tony de Saulles and published in the UK and India by Scholastic. They are designed&#8230; …

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  • 7sight — n. view 1) to catch; keep sight of 2) to lose sight of 3) at (the) sight (to faint at the sight of blood; to fall in love at first sight) 4) by sight (to know smb. by sight) 5) in, within sight (the ship was no longer in sight) 6) on sight (to&#8230; …

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  • 8sight — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 ability to see ⇨ See also ↑eyesight VERB + SIGHT ▪ have ▪ She has very little sight in her left eye. ▪ lose ▪ He s lost the sight of one eye …

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  • 9bloodcurdling sight — n. frightening sight, horrible sight …

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  • 10terrible sight — horrible thing to see, frightful view …

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