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- Dictionaryhorrendous/hɒˈrɛndəs/
adjective
- 1. extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible: "she suffered horrendous injuries"
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extremely unpleasant or bad: a horrendous accident / tragedy / crime. horrendous suffering / damage. Conditions in the refugee camps were horrendous. horrendous loss The firm made horrendous (= very big) losses last year. Synonyms. abominable. abysmal (BAD) atrocious (VERY BAD) awful (BAD) dire mainly UK informal. dreadful (FRIGHTENING)
The meaning of HORRENDOUS is extremely bad or unpleasant : horrible, dreadful. How to use horrendous in a sentence.
Bad luck, an injury, a mistake, an unfortunate outfit, or a crime — anything can be called horrendous if it causes such dread or fear that you can barely even think about it.
1. adjective. Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life. Synonyms: horrific, shocking [informal], appalling, frightening More Synonyms of horrendous. 2. adjective.
extremely unpleasant or bad: a horrendous accident / tragedy / crime. horrendous suffering / damage. Conditions in the refugee camps were horrendous. horrendous loss The firm made horrendous (= very big) losses last year. Synonyms. abominable. abysmal (BAD) atrocious (VERY BAD) awful (BAD) dire mainly UK informal. dreadful (FRIGHTENING)
Definition of horrendous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective horrendous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. horrific, shocking, appalling, frightening, awful, terrifying, grim, dreadful, horrifying, ghastly, grisly, frightful, hellacious (U.S. slang) The violence used was horrendous. 2. (Informal) enormous, huge, massive, colossal, astronomic horrendous debts.
Something that is horrendous is very unpleasant or shocking. 2. Some people use horrendous to describe something that is so big or great that they find it extremely unpleasant.
extremely unpleasant or bad: She suffered horrendous injuries in the accident. horrendously. adverb. extremely or extremely badly: horrendously expensive. (Definition of horrendous from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
