🇬🇧🇨🇳 horrible - 可怕 : English Lesson

Meaning of "horrible" ("可怕"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

When something is horrible, it is very, very bad or really scary, so much that you really don’t like it at all and wish it would stop or go away.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The smell from my gym socks was so horrible that my backpack applied for a new owner.

My hair looked so horrible this morning that my comb asked for a day off.

The line for the bathroom was horrible, so long it needed its own zip code.

Our team played so horrible in the game that the scoreboard pretended it was out of batteries.

My haircut was so horrible that when I looked in the mirror, my reflection said, “I’m not with this guy.”

Tom opens the small door. A horrible smell hits him. A horrible fly sits on an old cake. A horrible spider walks on the table. The cat makes a horrible face and runs away. Tom covers his nose and closes the door. He says, "That was horrible," and then he is safe.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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