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Examples of horrendous in a Sentence
Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
Recent Examples of horrendous from the Web
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RANDOMNESS The photos and video from Houston are horrendous.
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What horrendous public-sector policies or congressional initiatives would impeaching Trump torpedo?
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These movies watch their heroines suffer, fear, and bury it all under a calm surface of professional resolve, often in the face of horrendous violence and mortal danger.
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He was put on boat duty and ran water to Morris Island, which is best known as the site of the horrendous defeat of the first black members of the Union army.
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Ramos made his Tampa Bay debut on June 24 and has been horrendous from day one.
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But until then, Dr. Shepherd says that if your cramps are really horrendous, take it as an excuse to do nothing but relax and catch up on Orange is the New Black.
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So there’s a decent shot his horrendous batting average improves, becoming simply bad by the end of the season.
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This is a horrendous crime not only for the victims but for the extended family, neighborhood and community.
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Origin and Etymology of horrendous
Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrēre
horrendous Synonyms
Synonyms
alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, fearful, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifyingAntonyms
innocuous, inoffensiveRelated Words
daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving; bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird; appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarishNear Antonyms
calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing); nonintimidating, nonthreateningHORRENDOUS Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of horrendous for English Language Learners
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: very bad or unpleasant
HORRENDOUS Defined for Kids
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Definition of horrendous for Students
:very bad
horrendous traffic
horrendous trouble
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