horrendous

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horrendous

/həˈɹɛndəs/
/əˈɹɛndəs/ dated

Rhymes with -ɛndəs

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Borrowed from Latin horrendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of horreō (“to dread”) + -ous.

adjective more horrendous · most horrendous

Extremely bad; awful; terrible. There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.
Similar: awful, horrific, terrible, dreadful

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dreadful, horrific, terrible, awful, direful, dreaded, dread, dire, fearful, fearsome, frightening, alarming, god-awful, atrocious, appalling, heinous

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adj extremely bad; awful; terrible

Español	horrendo
Français	épouvantable
Deutsch	entsetzlich, horrend
Русский	ужа́сный užásnyj, жу́ткий žútkij

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@misc{horrendous_2026,
  title = {horrendous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horrendous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}