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horrendoushor‧ren‧dous /hɒˈrendəs, hə- $ hɑː-, hɔː-/ ●○○ adjective   horrendousOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin horrendus, from horrere; ➔ HORROR - horrendous medical costs
- It was a horrendous storm.
- Pit bull dogs can inflict horrendous wounds on people.
- She is still recovering from a horrendous car accident.
- Traffic in the downtown Boston area is horrendous.
- After all, the newspapers are brimming with reports of horrendous attacks on women, so the risk must be considerable.
- In the medical schools' defense, both operate under the horrendous restrictions of a perpetual organ shortage.
- It would have been a nightmare, it would have been horrendous.
- Jose Lima is coming off a horrendous season.
- Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.
- The first was hacking round Crieff, eventually posting a horrendous score of 112, with Roy Nicolson as his playing partner.
- This is so horrendous, it bears no description.
- Troops ordinarily camped out during the winter months, recognizing that battles did not need the additional adversary of horrendous weather.
very bad► awful/terrible/dreadful especially British English very bad: · The movie was awful.· Her house is in a terrible state.· a dreadful crime ► horrible very bad, especially in a way that shocks or upsets you: · He describes prison as ‘a horrible place’.· It was a horrible experience. ► disgusting smelling or tasting very bad: · The food was disgusting.· The fish smelled disgusting. ► lousy informal very bad or disappointing: · The weather has been lousy all week.· I’m fed up with this lousy job. ► ghastly British English informal very bad: · I’ve had a ghastly day.· a ghastly mistake ► severe severe problems, injuries, illnesses etc are very bad and serious: · The country faces severe economic problems.· severe delays· He suffered severe head injuries in a car crash. ► atrocious/appalling/horrendous extremely bad in a way that is shocking: · Her behaviour has been absolutely atrocious.· The country has an appalling human rights record. ► abysmal very bad and of a very low standard: · The team’s performance was abysmal.· the abysmal conditions in some prisons bad events/experiences/weather etc► bad not at all pleasant, enjoyable, or successful: · If the weather's bad, we could go to the museum instead.· bad housing conditionsbad news (=news of a bad event): · I'm afraid I have some bad news.a bad day/year/time etc (=when a lot of unpleasant things happen): · This was a very bad year for the banking industry.· It had been a bad day, and I just wanted to go home. ► awful/terrible/dreadful very bad: · The weather has been terrible lately.· Traffic in the downtown Boston area is awful.· Conditions in the hospital were dreadful. The place was falling apart and it was understaffed. ► appalling/atrocious so bad that you are shocked: · Living conditions in the refugee camps were atrocious.· The appalling weather continued, with harsh winds, fogs and heavy rain. ► horrendous extremely bad, unpleasant, and often frightening: · It was a horrendous storm.· She is still recovering from a horrendous car accident. ► horrific extremely bad, especially in a way that is frightening or upsetting: · It was a horrific experience. We really thought we were going to die.· The race was stopped after a horrific accident in which two drivers were killed. ► be a nightmare spoken informal use this to talk about an extremely bad experience or situation: · The traffic coming in to work this morning was a nightmare.· The President's trip turned out to be a nightmare for his security staff.be a complete nightmare: · Our vacation was a complete nightmare. The weather was awful and our hotel was worse. 1frightening and terrible SYN horrific:  a horrendous experience She suffered horrendous injuries.► see thesaurus at bad2informal extremely unreasonable or unpleasant: horrendous debts The traffic was horrendous.—horrendously adverb |