Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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For days, images from the horrendous series of wildfires that continue to consume huge swaths of Los Angeles have been devastating.—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 There are three more years left on this horrendous agreement.—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 His fourth goal in his last six games tied the game on the power play early in the third period, but Dach’s been steadily building his game for weeks after a horrendous start to the season coming off a devastating injury and nearly a calendar year away from NHL competition on the ice.—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 Expand The Bears offense turned in a horrendous first half, totaling just 53 yards and not getting a first down until less than a minute left in the second quarter.—Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 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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