horrendous
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adjective \hȯ-ˈren-dəs, hä-, hə-\Definition of HORRENDOUS
See Examples of HORRENDOUS
- Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
- <a horrendous explosion shook the building>
Origin of HORRENDOUS
Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrēre
First Known Use: 1659
Related to HORRENDOUS
- Synonyms
- alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, fearful, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
- Antonyms
- innocuous, inoffensive
Rhymes with HORRENDOUS
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