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horrendous

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hor·ren·dous  (hô-rnds, h-)
adj.
Hideous; dreadful: "Horrendous explosions shook the whole city" (Howard Kaplan).

[From Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrre, to tremble.]

hor·rendous·ly adv.

horrendous [hɒˈrɛndəs]
adj
another word for horrific
[from Latin horrendus fearful, from horrēre to bristle, shudder, tremble; see horror]
horrendously  adv

horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid - In decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid.
See also related terms for horror.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.horrendous - causing fear or dread or terrorhorrendous - causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

horrendous
adjective
1. horrific, shocking, appalling, frightening, awful, terrifying, grim, dreadful, horrifying, ghastly, grisly, frightful, hellacious (U.S. slang) The violence used was horrendous.
2. (Informal) enormous, huge, massive, colossal, astronomic horrendous debts
Translations
horrendous [hɒˈrendəs] ADJ
1. (= horrific) [injury, attack, accident] → horrible, horrendo
2. (= dreadful) [weather, traffic] → horroroso, espantoso; [cost, price] → tremendo
the company suffered horrendous lossesla compañía sufrió enormes pérdidas

horrendous [həˈrɛndəs] adjépouvantable, affreux/euse

horrendous
adj
(= horrific) accident, injury, war, experienceentsetzlich, grauenhaft; crime, attack, violenceentsetzlich, abscheulich
(inf: = dreadful) conditions, trafficfürchterlich (inf); loss, cost, price, stupidityhorrend; children’s shoes are a horrendous priceKinderschuhe sind horrend teuer

horrendous [hɒˈrɛndəs] norrendo/a

horrendous رهيب příšerný skrækkelig schrecklich αποτρόπαιος horrendo hirvittävä épouvantable užasan orrendo 恐ろしい 끔찍한 afgrijselijk forferdelig straszliwy horrendo ужасающий fruktansvärd น่ากลัว korkunç kinh khủng 可怕的


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Another thing I found irritating in a recent horrendous crime report (a house being petrol bombed at Thorntree), the police said, "We are taking this crime seriously".
Rovers won 339-210 and organiser Ross Wishart said: "The weather was horrendous, but I'm absolutely over the moon.
We have a horrendous row within days of being reunited because it's annoying to have someone else telling you what to do and then we get over that and we are really happy," she added.
 
 
 
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