Synonyms for horrendous
həˈrɛn dəshor·ren·dous

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1. horrendousadjective

   Synonyms:
   terrible, horrific, awful

2. horrendousadjective

   Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

   Synonyms:
   terrible, awful, horrific

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1. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   causing fear or dread or terror

   "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. hellified

   the accident was hellified. the outfit that girl was wearing was hellified. in urban lifestyle, it could mean it was good or bad, ( out of this world, sharp or offer). extreme.

   Submitted by EJPraise on January 29, 2022  

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1. List of paraphrases for "horrendous":

   horrific, terrible, appalling, heinous, horrible, dreadful, horrifying, awful, atrocious, abhorrent, gruesome, hideous, terrifying, abominable, dire, odious, monstrous, egregious, frightening, despicable, ghastly, tremendous

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How to use horrendous in a sentence?

1. Jack Smith:

   I know that if this country enforced the laws that are already on the books those two young men would not have been here and this rape, this horrendous rape, would not have occurred, said one local parent. Said another : I'm really outraged by the situation in Montgomery County, I'm Jack Smith. Most seemed unmoved by school officials' defense of the policy of not cooperating with federal immigration officials. This is not an issue that we're going to move to the political level, although a lot of people want to do it, the fact is, these students were not in the same class, but many students between the 9th and 12th grades are in the same classes, in the same band class, in the same world language class, same play after school. Robin Ficker, an attorney who attended the meeting, said officials do not seem to grasp the situation.

2. Stacy Rasgon:

   That tells me that either Apple isn't giving them all that much, or it says the core market is horrendous, or maybe a little bit of both.

3. Ken Polcari:

   Empire State (data) was horrendous compared to what the expectations were, but Empire State is also a very regional number and a very volatile number, they are all looking to Wednesday's FOMC meeting minutes and what it is going to mean, what are they going to say.

4. Rushan Abbas:

   I am saddened by the timid response of the world community, world leaders, who should be defenders of the freedom and democracy, where is the outrage against such horrendous, repugnant catastrophe that's happening on our watch ?

5. Elizabeth Ayres:

   Miles 13 through to 18 were horrendous ! We were sprayed with cleaning fluid and water from the clean-up vehicles.