horrendous

horrendous
adjective /həˈrɛndəs/
Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.


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  • Horrendous — Hor*ren dous, a. [L. horrendus.] Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] I. Watts. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • horrendous — index contemptible, depraved, disastrous, disreputable, heinous, reprehensible Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • horrendous — 1650s, from L. horrendus dreadful, fearful, terrible, lit. to be shuddered at, gerundive of horrere to bristle with fear, shudder (see HORROR (Cf. horror)). Earlier form in English was horrend (mid 15c.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • horrendous — horrific, *horrible, horrid …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • horrendous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely unpleasant or horrifying. DERIVATIVES horrendously adverb. ORIGIN Latin horrendus, from horrere (see HORROR(Cf. ↑horror)) …   English terms dictionary

  • horrendous — [hô ren′dəs, həren′dəs] adj. [L horrendus < prp. of horrere: see HORRID] horrible; frightful horrendously adv …   English World dictionary

  • horrendous — [[t]həre̱ndəs, AM hɔːr [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life... The violence used was horrendous. Syn: horrific 2) ADJ GRADED Some people use …   English dictionary

  • horrendous — hor|ren|dous [hɔˈrendəs, hə US ha: , ho: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: horrendus, from horrere; HORROR] 1.) frightening and terrible = ↑horrific ▪ a horrendous experience ▪ She suffered horrendous injuries. 2.) informal extremely… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • horrendous — hor|ren|dous [ hə rendəs ] adjective 1. ) extremely bad or shocking: a horrendous mistake 2. ) so much or so large that it shocks or upsets you: horrendous financial losses They work horrendous hours. ╾ hor|ren|dous|ly adverb: Property in this… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • horrendous — UK [hɒˈrendəs] / US [həˈrendəs] adjective 1) extremely bad or shocking a horrendous mistake 2) so much or so large that it shocks or upsets you They work horrendous hours. horrendous financial losses Derived word: horrendously adverb Property in… …   English dictionary

  • horrendous — adjective Etymology: Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrēre Date: 1659 horrible, dreadful < the tax rate was horrendous > < horrendous crimes > • horrendously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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