Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Biden's horrendous June debate only drove home the point.—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026 Defensive line coach Andre Patterson, a horrendous influence on the defense, the run defense and the players’ attitudes, leads a host of Giants coaches who have been fired.—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026 Jones made sure to give credit to edge rusher K’Lavon Chassion for forcing Stroud into a horrendous pass.—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026 What surprised me most, however, was the horrendous quality of the average submission.—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for horrendous
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Latin horrendus "inspiring terror or awe, dreadful" (gerundive of horrēre "to be stiffly erect, bristle, shudder, shiver") + -ous — more at horror entry 1