horribly

English

Etymology

From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒɹɪbli/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹəbli/, /ˈhɑɹəbli/

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Adverb

horribly (comparative more horribly, superlative most horribly)

1. (manner) In a horrible way; very badly.

   The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.

   • 2020 January 2, David Brooks, “A Ridiculously Optimistic History of the Next Decade”, in The New York Times‎:

     Looking back at the 2020s from our vantage point in 2030, the first great event was the complete destruction of Donald Trump’s Republican Party. As the former Republican consultant Mike Murphy had noticed, there were roughly 300 state and federal elections during the Trump years and Republicans did horribly in most of them.

2. (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.

3. (evaluative) With a very bad effect.

   Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.

Synonyms

• (all senses): dreadfully, frightfully, grisly (obsolete), horrifyingly, terribly, terrifyingly
• (very; to an extreme degree or extent): very, horrendously, terribly, awfully

Derived terms

• go horribly right

Collocations

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

in a horrible way

Catalan: horriblement (ca) Czech: hrozně (cs) Esperanto: horore Finnish: kammottavasti (fi) French: horriblement (fr) Galician: horribelmente German: fürchterlich (de) Greek: Ancient: αἰνῶς (ainôs) Italian: orribilmente (it) Portuguese: horrivelmente Russian: ужа́сно (ru) (užásno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno) Spanish: horriblemente (es) Turkish: berbatça

extremely

Czech: hrozně (cs) Esperanto: terure Finnish: kauhean (fi), kauheasti (fi) French: horriblement (fr) Russian: ужа́сно (ru) (užásno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno) Walloon: teribmint (wa), carapmint (wa)

with a bad effect

Finnish: kammottavasti (fi) French: horriblement (fr) Russian: ужа́сно (ru) (užásno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno)