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horrendous - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'horrendous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Horrendous [ a.]
- Fearful; frightful.

Meaning of 'horrendous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . horrendous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing fear or dread or terror
Example in sentence:
  • a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked;
  • a dreadful storm;
  • a fearful howling;
  • a terrible curse;
  • an awful risk;
  • dire news;
  • horrendous explosions shook the city;
  • polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was;
  • the awful war;
  • the dread presence of the headmaster

Nearby Words:

horal horaly horary horatian horde hordeic hordein hordeolum hordock hore

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