Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Despite horrendous odds, the Mavs won the lottery, which resulted in drafting Flagg.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025 Dropping four straight and being horrendous on both ends of the floor is the problem.—Zach Harper, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025 Experts caution that the often horrendous conditions that drove record numbers of migrants to flee their home countries in search of safety, security and prosperity in the United States have not changed.—Daniel Gonzalez, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025 Every big city has horrendous traffic.—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 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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