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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
Adjective
very unpleasant or shocking [Latin horrendus fearful]
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Adj.1.horrendous - 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"
direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, terrible, horrific, awful, dire, fearful
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
Translations
Spanish horrendous [hɔˈrɛndəs] adj → horrendo
French horrendous [həˈrɛndəs] adj → horrible, affreux/euse
German horrendous [həˈrɛndəs] adj → abscheulich, entsetzlich
Italian horrendous [hɔˈrɛndəs] n → orrendo/a
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