Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Luzardo let a horrendous strike zone by a call-up umpire named Willie Traynor affect his emotions.—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 At the time, this made sense because Bichette was coming off a horrendous 2024 campaign.—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025 After a horrendous season that was only just salvaged by new head coach Niko Kovac, Dortmund looks like the most stable of all the big Bundesliga clubs.—Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Several of the bolts that were clipped rip right out of the rock, causing a horrendous fall directly onto the belayer’s device and harness.—Kate Kelleghan, Outside, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horrendous
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Etymology
Latin horrendus "inspiring terror or awe, dreadful" (gerundive of horrēre "to be stiffly erect, bristle, shudder, shiver") + -ous — more at horror entry 1
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