Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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A lot of the blame has been placed on the duo of manager Aaron Boone and closer Devin Williams.
After being one of the best pitchers in baseball for five years, Williams has been horrendous for the Yankees.—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025 Massachusetts has a horrendous reputation as the most criminal-loving anti-prosecution, anti-incarceration state in the nation.—Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025 The resulting accidents were horrendous, but the design and engineering shortcomings that eventually led to the Comet’s demise were even more catastrophic.—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025 The production the Yankees have received at third base has been horrendous.—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 July 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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