The noise from the construction site was so horrible that even the thickest windows could not muffle it.
建筑工地的噪音如此可怕，连最厚的窗户也无法减弱它。
Which choice best defines “horrible”?
B — Causing horror; very unpleasant. “horrible” means causing horror; very unpleasant.
Which word means “causing horror; very unpleasant”?
B — horrible. “horrible” means causing horror; very unpleasant.
horrible — causing horror; very unpleasant. In Chinese: 可怕的.
horrible is pronounced /ˈhɔːrəbl/.
The noise from the construction site was so horrible that even the thickest windows could not muffle it. (建筑工地的噪音如此可怕，连最厚的窗户也无法减弱它。)
terrible, dreadful, awful — all close in meaning to horrible (causing horror; very unpleasant).
wonderful, pleasant — each the opposite of horrible (causing horror; very unpleasant).
Yes. horrible is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.