horrendous
[ haw-ren-duhs, ho- ]
/ hɔˈrɛn dəs, hɒ- /
adjective
shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
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Origin of horrendous
1650–60; <Latin horrendus dreadful, to be feared (gerund of horrēre to bristle, shudder), equivalent to horr- (akin to hirsute) + -endus gerund suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM horrendous
hor·ren·dous·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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Example sentences from the Web for horrendous
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|DAILY BEASTTo be fair, the problem that had to be addressed was horrendously complex.
British Dictionary definitions for horrendous
Derived forms of horrendous
horrendously, adverbWord Origin for horrendous
C17: from Latin horrendus fearful, from horrēre to bristle, shudder, tremble; see horror
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