Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Orlando also attempted eight open 3-pointers (a sign of good offense) but missed all of them (signs of horrendous shooting and the pressure of the moment).—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026 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 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