horribles

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A form of horrible — A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of horrible

    There're tangible horribles out there, honey.

    2003, Christopher Chambers, A Prayer for Deliverance: An Angela Bivens Thriller, page 772
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    If it does not appeal to you as one of the horribles in life, try it once.

    2005, Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson, A Woman Tenderfoot, page 125

    For all the horribles that his legs and feet endured, they weren't the root cause of his suffering.

    2003, Owen West, Four Days to Veracruz: A Novel, page 240

    Many scholars have demonstrated these horribles and contemplated significant limitations on class actions.

    2001, Neil K. Komesar, Law's Limits: The Rule of Law and the Supply and Demand of Rights, page 51

    The pot had previously simmered skate wings, cods' heads, whales, pigs' hearts and a long litany of other horribles.

    1991, Alastair Scott, Tracks Across Alaska: A Dog Sled Journey, page 1

    A lot of the possible horribles conjured up by the people objecting to this convention ignore the plain language of this treaty.

    1982, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, The Genocide Convention: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, page 70
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