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horrendous(dictionary)

horrendous (iou)



horrendous adjective. Now colloq. M17.
[from Latin horrendus gerund. of horrere (see HORRIBLE) + -OUS. Cf. tremendous, stupendous.]
Horrible, horrifying; awful, frightful.
B. Guest The translations were mostly horrendous,..stale and florid. S. Morley Niven had just lost his first wife in a horrendous fall down..cellar stairs.
horrendously adverb M20.
horrendousness noun L20.