{
    "term": "horrible",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like",
            "sensetop": "it is horrible to do somethingit is horrible doing something",
            "labels": "(informal)especially British English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What horrible weather!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The coffee tasted **absolutely horrible**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a horrible mess/smell/noise"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got a horrible feeling she lied to us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **feel horrible** about what happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **looks horrible** with that new haircut."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He admits that he made a horrible mistake when he left her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was horrible to have to leave my family behind.",
                    "contextForm": "it is horrible to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was horrible sitting there all on my own.",
                    "contextForm": "it is horrible doing something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "making you feel very shocked and frightened",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pretty **horrible experience**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a horrible crime/death/nightmare"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a horrible tragedy/accident"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a truly horrible sight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She woke from a horrible nightmare."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "terrible",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "unfriendly, unpleasant or unkind",
            "sensetop": "horrible to somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a horrible person"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a **horrible thing** to say!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My sister was being horrible to me all day.",
                    "contextForm": "horrible to somebody"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "nasty, obnoxious",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["really", "absolutely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɒrəbl/",
                "audio": "ho/horrible/horrible__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɔːrəbl/",
                "audio": "ho/horrible/horrible__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin horribilis, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’."
}