What is "horrendous" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does horrendous mean in English? Meaning of horrendous definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "horrendous" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "horrendous": causing fear or dread or terror

Adjective

  • Meaning: causing fear or dread or terror
  • Example: the awful war an awful risk dire news a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked the dread presence of the headmaster polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was a dreadful storm a fearful howling horrendous explosions shook the city a terrible curse
  • Synonyms: awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
  • Similar: alarming
  • Adjective: Extremely bad; awful; terrible. There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash. My journey to work this morning was horrendous! 2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:  But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.My journey to work this morning was horrendous!2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:  But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
  • Synonyms:

    dreadful, atrocious, horrid, abhorrent, harrowing, awesome, appalling, frightful, disastrous, ghastly, dire, horrible, awful, gruesome, hideous, extreme, awe-inspiring, beastly, dangerous, desperate, disturbing, dread, fearful, hateful, dreaded, horrifyin,

    Antonyms:

    pleasant, pleasing, wonderful, inoffensive, delightful, fortunate, lucky, beautiful, nice, good,

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    horrendous in English: horrendous
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