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adjectiveshockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime. Origin of horrendous1650–60; <Latin horrendus dreadful, to be feared (gerund of horrēre to bristle, shudder), equivalent to horr- (akin to hirsute) + -endus gerund suffix SYNONYMS FOR horrendousappalling, frightful, hideous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR horrendous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM horrendoushor·ren·dous·ly, adverbWords nearby horrendoushoroscope, horoscopy, horotelic, Horovitz, Horowitz, horrendous, horrent, horrible, horribly, horrid, horrific Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for horrendousIt takes time for bacteria to multiply and release that horrendous sweat smell. Working out at home? Here’s how to keep your house from smelling like a gym.|Harry Guinness|September 3, 2020|Popular Science Testing has symbolized the United States’ horrendous response to the pandemic. The Case for Rapid At-Home COVID Testing for Everyone - Facts So Romantic|Robert Bazell|August 5, 2020|Nautilus Again, it’s important that we recognize that horrendous air quality that firms pollute is not fundamentally an indictment of the capitalist system. What Does Covid-19 Mean for Cities (and Marriages)? (Ep. 410)|Stephen J. Dubner|March 26, 2020|Freakonomics It takes just as long to fly to Miami, he ponders, as it does to navigate the horrendous traffic on the Long Island Expressway. The Hell of the Hamptons: Why the Exclusive Hotspot Is a Mind-Numbing Drag|Robert Gold|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My religion did not allow me to be quiet about these horrendous crimes that I have seen. Syrian Defector: Assad Poised to Torture and Murder 150,000 More|Josh Rogin|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was horrendous, because what the temperature of that water does to your pride… Stone: …and Prejudice. Emma Stone and Colin Firth on Woody Allen, Shrinkage, and Live-Texting ‘Bridget Jones’|Marlow Stern|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Even when bred in captivity, Leahy said breeding facilities are often horrendous, resembling factory farming. The $10 Billion Pet Cheetah and Chimp Industry|Sharon Adarlo|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST And when you peacefully protest their stereotyping of you, they lash back at you and they call you horrendous, horrific names. Amanda Blackhorse Is ‘Confident’ Snyder Will Lose His Redskins Appeal|Robert Silverman|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST But a man alone, or at any rate a member of the human race alone, could compass an effect so horrendous. Like some horrendous, watchful gargoyle, the Nipe crouched motionlessly on the shadowed roof of the low building. Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett As he shook he gave tone, emitting a most horrendous yell of pain and rage. Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune It was the most horrendous campaign, for sheer concentration, that had ever battered at the public mind. And All the Earth a Grave|Carroll M. Capps (AKA C.C. MacApp) Slowly, irresistibly, the horrendous figure stalked forth into the dim light. The Master Mystery|Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey
British Dictionary definitions for horrendous
adjectiveanother word for horrific Derived forms of horrendoushorrendously, adverbWord Origin for horrendousC17: from Latin horrendus fearful, from horrēre to bristle, shudder, tremble; see horror Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to horrendousdreadful, atrocious, horrid, abhorrent, harrowing, awesome, appalling, frightful, disastrous, ghastly, dire, horrible, awful, gruesome, hideous, extreme, awe-inspiring, beastly, dangerous, desperate |