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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.
Horrendous is perhaps most popularly used to simply mean “really bad,” in much the same way that horrible, terrible, and awful are often used, as in I had a horrendous time at that party—no one would talk to me!
adjective. us / həˈren.dəs / uk / həˈren.dəs / Add to word list. 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)
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.
Definition of horrendous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define horrendous. horrendous synonyms, horrendous pronunciation, horrendous translation, English dictionary definition of horrendous. adj. Hideous; dreadful: "Horrendous explosions shook the whole city" . hor·ren′dous·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
