English → Latin
“horrible” in Latin
horribilishorrible, terrible, dreadful, fearfulhorrendushorrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awfulfoedustreaty, compact, alliance, truce, league; agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms; covenantabōminorto deprecate (as an ill omen); to abominate, abhor, detest, loathedētestorto curse or execrate; to detest or loathe; to avert or ward offdētestābilisexecrable, abominable, detestablenefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsomespectāculumshow, spectacle; a place from which shows are witnessed, spectator's seat; public or civic eventpestisdisease, plague, pestilence, infection; a pest; destruction, ruin, deathtempestāsportion, point, or space of time; time, season, period; weather (good or bad); storm, tempest, gale
The English word horrible itself goes back to Latin horreō, through horribilis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
horrible
horribilis (to be shuddered at, etc.; e.g., spectaculum, pestis, tempestas): horrendus (mostly †): foedus: abominandus: detestandus: detestabilis (aversabilis, Lucr.): nefarius. Vid: HORRID.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for horrible?
- The usual Latin words for “horrible” are horribilis, horrendus, foedus; also abōminor, dētestor, dētestābilis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.