Definitions for horrendous
həˈrɛn dəshor·ren·dous

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible(adj)

   causing fear or dread or terror

   "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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. horrendous(Adjective)

   Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

Origin: From Latin horrendus, future participle of horrere.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Horrendous(adj)

   fearful; frightful

Origin: [L. horrendus.]

How to pronounce horrendous?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrendous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrendous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of horrendous in a Sentence

1. Matthew Cashmore:

   The way his Bible was removed is horrendous.

2. Mitchelle Blair:

   As horrendous as everybody thinks I am -- that's fine.

3. Redmond Burke:

   It's massive trauma to a baby -- it's just horrendous.

4. Stan Boland:

   The deterioration of lidar in the rain is pretty horrendous.

5. Rand Paul:

   It's just horrendous that we have to deal with things like this.

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