horrible thing

collocation in English

meaningsofhorribleandthing

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horrible
adjective
uk
/ˈhɒr.ə.bəl/us
/ˈhɔːr.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofhorribleandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It doesn't matter how much you tell them that is not going to be ahorriblething.
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But loneliness is ahorriblethingfor old people.
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It is ahorriblethingto have to drive to-day.
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It was ahorriblethingthat happened last week.
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I agree that war is ahorriblething.
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We know thehorriblethingcalled a pension abatement.
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What we have to insure against is that veryhorriblething, the prospect of starvation.
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It is ahorriblething—pressing, indefinite, ascending, uncompromising.
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It is ahorriblething; the most filthy cruel thing in the world.
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That is ahorriblethingto have to say.
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It was ahorriblethingwhich happened the other day.
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I think the poster is ahorriblething, which does no good.
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It is ahorriblethingto ask them to do it.
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It is ahorriblethingto send anybody under 17 years of age to prison.
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All of us agree that thishorriblethingmust be done as humanely as possible.
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Is that not ahorriblethingto have befallen a noble country?
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Total war is ahorriblething, there is no doubt about that.
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It is a horrible word; it is ahorriblething.
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I support the three amendments because unemployment is ahorriblething.
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