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US
/ˌhɔˈɹɛndəs/
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[ UK /hɒɹˈɛndəs/ ]
[ UK /hɒɹˈɛndəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
causing fear or dread or terror
the awful war
a fearful howling
the dread presence of the headmaster
dire news
a terrible curse
an awful risk
a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
horrendous explosions shook the city
a dreadful storm
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
How To Use horrendous In A Sentence
- No more brown and white tiles or horrendous cheapo panelling, please.
- In whatever way you choose to commemorate the horrendous acts of early September four years ago, let us once again renew our gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy and reaffirm our commitment to tolerance, peace and liberty throughout the world. 09/01/2005
- A ban on this horrendous daily cruelty to thousands of animals would impact on the profits of food producers.
- The legal teams shuttle back and forth between the contending parties on a settlement quest which may save the horrendous costs of a High Court hearing and the strain of a two year waiting period for a listing.
- The photograph depicts two youths in horrendously tattered rags.
- And then there's losing a child, which, by all accounts, is so horrendous that what we know as grief barely applies. Latest stories
- Why do these criminals feel they can perpetrate such horrendous crimes and get away with it?
- A horrendous smirk of a smile polluted Jen's bruised face as her fingers sharpened into pointed razor claws.
- It is obvious that those blackguards did something horrendous to you.
- It is they which evoke remembrances of a lost war and exiled dynasty, a failed republic, a terrorist dictatorship, and horrendous devastation in the wake of still another lost war, and, finally, the trauma of a divided city.
