horrendous
[ haw-ren-duhs, ho- ]
adjective
shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
Origin of horrendous
11650–60; <Latin horrendus dreadful, to be feared (gerund of horrēre to bristle, shudder), equivalent to horr- (akin to hirsute) + -endus gerund suffix
Other words for horrendous
Other words from horrendous
- hor·ren·dous·ly, adverb
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How to use horrendous in a sentence
It wasn’t the “oh my God, this is horrendous” feeling we’d had the weeks before but there were no groundbreaking changes, either.
Distance learning was a disaster. So I decided to teach my daughter myself. | Tracey Lewis-Giggetts | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostThe hatchet job quickly went viral, with the twitterverse agreeing that it was terribly funny and horrendously mean.
Guy Fieri Battles Scathing New York Times Review by Pete Wells | Katie Baker | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTo be fair, the problem that had to be addressed was horrendously complex.
British Dictionary definitions for horrendous
horrendous
/ (hɒˈrɛndəs) /
adjective
another word for horrific
Origin of horrendous
1C17: from Latin horrendus fearful, from horrēre to bristle, shudder, tremble; see horror
Derived forms of horrendous
- horrendously, adverb
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