horrendous

hor·ren·dous

adj \hȯ-ˈren-dəs, hä-, hə-\

Definition of HORRENDOUS

: horrible, dreadful <the tax rate was horrendous> <horrendous crimes>

— hor·ren·dous·ly adverb

Examples of HORRENDOUS

1. Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
2. <a horrendous explosion shook the building>

Origin of HORRENDOUS

Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrēre

First Known Use: 1659

Related to HORRENDOUS

Synonyms: alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, fearful, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying

Antonyms: innocuous, inoffensive

Related Words: daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving; bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird; appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish

Near Antonyms: calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing); nonintimidating, nonthreatening

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Rhymes with HORRENDOUS

stupendous, tremendous