Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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However, when zooming out, the revisions to a middling January and a horrendous February, job creation was 7,000 positions lower than previously thought.—Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 The detail of it is horrendous, which nobody knows.—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026 On top of spewing nitrogen dioxide, a gas that causes irreversible respiratory damage over time, the turbines emit a horrendous sound that’s made life miserable for locals.—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 Apr. 2026 Traffic is expected to be horrendous for the seven FIFA World Cup matches in Foxboro this June and July.—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 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