Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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The horrendous, inhumane behavior of the Russian military in Ukraine is beyond belief.—Askold Haywas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025 This spring, the shortstop is a horrendous 3 for 31 with three singles and two RBIs.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 And that kept him alive for 53 years, in spite of a horrendous diet.—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025 His radicalization from the confines of his own bedroom is ultimately the family’s undoing: online, the rise of incel culture and misogyny have bred young men — and in this case, children — capable of committing horrendous acts of violence.—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 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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