Careful Words

horrible (adj.)

Arms on armour clashing bray'd

Horrible discord, and the madding wheels

Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise

Of conflict.

John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost. Book vi. Line 209.

And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,

Against the use of nature. Present fears

Are less than horrible imaginings.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 3.

Hence, horrible shadow!

Unreal mockery, hence!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 4.