Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Rising Apple's Noah Wright recently shared some serious concerns for Baty, considering he's gotten off to such a horrendous start to June.—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025 Hershel has turned out to be a pretty horrendous character.—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025 Only some garbage-time touchdowns saved him from a horrendous stat line.—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 20 June 2025 The horrendous June 1 terror attack on a Boulder rally for Israeli hostages is only the latest in a rising tide of anti-Jewish violence that all Americans should abhor.—MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 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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