horribly
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɹɪbli/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹəbli/, /ˈhɑɹəbli/
Audio (US) (file)
Adverb edit
horribly (comparative more horribly, superlative most horribly)
- (manner) In a horrible way; very badly.
- The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
- (degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective) To an extreme degree or extent.
- Then everything went horribly wrong.
- The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.
- (evaluative) With a very bad effect.
- Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.
Synonyms edit
- (all senses): dreadfully, frightfully, grisly (obsolete), horrifyingly, terribly, terrifyingly
- (very; to an extreme degree or extent): very, terribly, awfully
Derived terms edit
Collocations edit
with adjectives
- horribly wrong
- horribly afraid
- horribly bad
- horribly pleased
- horribly expensive
- horribly painful
- horribly slow
- horribly sick
- horribly cold
- horribly sad
- horribly difficult
- horribly cruel
- horribly fond
- horribly long
- horribly ill
- horribly awry
- horribly funny
- horribly familiar
- horribly depressed
- horribly ashamed
- horribly dirty
- horribly true
- horribly hot
- horribly confused
- horribly hard
- horribly tired
Translations edit
in a horrible way
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extremely
with a bad effect
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