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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1. Richard Gere:

   Now the first thought that came to me was, I wondered if Deng Xiaoping is actually watching this right now, with his children and his grandchildren, and with the knowledge that what a horrendous, horrendous human rights situation there is in China— not only towards their own people but to Tibet as well.

2. Deadria Farmer-Paellmann:

   These are corporations that benefited from stealing people, from stealing labor, from forced breeding, from torture, from committing numerous horrendous acts, and there's no reason why they should be able to hold onto assets they acquired through such horrendous acts.

3. Richard Gere:

   Now the first thought that came to me was, I wondered if Deng Xiaoping is actually watching this right now, with Deng Xiaoping children and Deng Xiaoping grandchildren, and with the knowledge that what a horrendous, horrendous human rights situation there is in China — not only towards their own people but to Tibet as well.

4. Richard Gere:

   Now the first thought that came to me was, I wondered if Deng Xiaoping is actually watching this right now, with his children and his grandchildren, and with the knowledge that what a horrendous, horrendous human rights situation there is in China -- not only towards their own people but to Tibet as well.

5. Prince William:

   It’s been one of the worst disasters in modern time in this country. I think everyone’s been shocked by how brutal, how horrendous it all was. I think everyone’s playing catch-up, trying to work out how you deal with a truly horrendous situation.