horribly

1. 1.

   of a dreadful kind

   “there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning”

   Synonymsdreadfullyawfully

Questions about horribly

What does horribly mean?

horribly means "of a dreadful kind".

How many syllables are in horribly?

horribly has 3 syllables: hor-ri-bly. The stress falls on "hor". In IPA it is /ˈhɔɹəbli/.

What is another word for horribly?

Close synonyms include dreadfully, awfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horribly a common word?

horribly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.