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horrible

B1Frequent NGSL-3
UK /ˈhɒrəbl/US /ˈhɔːrəbl/
adjective

very bad or unpleasant; used to describe something that you do not like

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The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED
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When I learned, some years ago, that writers were expected to have had really unhappy childhoods to be successful, I began to think about how I could invent horrible things my parents

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