| 单词 | horrendous |
| 释义 | horrendous (once / 12429 pages) adj 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. If you’ve ever encountered something horrendous, you won’t be surprised to learn that the word traces back to the Latin word horrere, meaning "to bristle with fear, shudder." That’s a good way to think about horrendous things — they cause you to shudder. You can use the word to describe any type of thing — people, ideas, actions, and so on — but save it for those things that are not merely bad but instead are truly horrifying. WORD FAMILYhorrendous: horrendously USAGE EXAMPLES“The streets were just a mess, and traffic was horrendous — it was like L.A.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “A Muslim registry would be the first step in even more horrendous actions,” Chu said in an interview. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) He hated the drugs he was prescribed when he was finally diagnosed — the side effects were horrendous. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) adj causing fear or dread or terror horrendous explosions shook the city Syn awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrific, terrible alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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