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Definition of horrendous in English: horrendousadjective hɒˈrɛndəs Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible. 极其可怕的，恐怖的 she suffered horrendous injuries 她遭受了极其可怕的伤害。 Example sentencesExamples - A ban on this horrendous daily cruelty to thousands of animals would impact on the profits of food producers.
- I am not going to give you examples, but there were two really horrendous stories, awful.
- Why do these criminals feel they can perpetrate such horrendous crimes and get away with it?
- Cheap and nasty food becomes even cheaper and nastier to subsidise the horrendous wastage.
- More recently, he has endured the most horrendous bad luck in terms of injuries.
- Kenny Smith feared for his life on the Ullapool to Stornaway Calmac ferry during a horrendous storm.
- He lost an eye and an arm, as well as suffering horrendous internal injuries.
- We are united in our stand to bring to justice those that perpetrated such a horrendous act of murder.
- I climb out of my top bunk and get my Walkman in the hopes that music will drown out the horrendous noise.
- They sometimes feel their own situation is horrendous and no-one else can possibly be in the same boat.
- We see some terrible cases but this is the most horrendous for some time.
- The victims have suffered a horrendous ordeal and quite appalling injuries in the case of Mr Francis.
- The atrocities committed on all sides were horrendous and on a gargantuan scale.
- The case of these missing girls is gruesome enough without such horrendous false alarms.
- The drive home was horrendous, with repeated hold-ups and long, long tailbacks.
- The poster showing the Jack Russell's horrendous injuries can be seen in the background.
- But if a referee makes a catalogue of horrendous blunders, who's going to take him to task?
- It's great for Roger because he's had a hard time since he suffered a horrendous injury last season.
- Now everyone in the media agrees what a horrendous mistake it was not to follow up on it.
- The consequences, had what they were doing led to a train being derailed, could have been horrendous.
Synonyms dreadful, horrifying, horrific, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling horrible, dreadful, horrifying, horrific, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin horrendus (gerundive of horrere '(of hair) stand on end') + -ous. Definition of horrendous in US English: horrendousadjective Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible. 极其可怕的，恐怖的 she suffered horrendous injuries 她遭受了极其可怕的伤害。 Example sentencesExamples - We see some terrible cases but this is the most horrendous for some time.
- They sometimes feel their own situation is horrendous and no-one else can possibly be in the same boat.
- Why do these criminals feel they can perpetrate such horrendous crimes and get away with it?
- The victims have suffered a horrendous ordeal and quite appalling injuries in the case of Mr Francis.
- The case of these missing girls is gruesome enough without such horrendous false alarms.
- It's great for Roger because he's had a hard time since he suffered a horrendous injury last season.
- The drive home was horrendous, with repeated hold-ups and long, long tailbacks.
- I climb out of my top bunk and get my Walkman in the hopes that music will drown out the horrendous noise.
- I am not going to give you examples, but there were two really horrendous stories, awful.
- More recently, he has endured the most horrendous bad luck in terms of injuries.
- We are united in our stand to bring to justice those that perpetrated such a horrendous act of murder.
- Kenny Smith feared for his life on the Ullapool to Stornaway Calmac ferry during a horrendous storm.
- He lost an eye and an arm, as well as suffering horrendous internal injuries.
- But if a referee makes a catalogue of horrendous blunders, who's going to take him to task?
- Cheap and nasty food becomes even cheaper and nastier to subsidise the horrendous wastage.
- A ban on this horrendous daily cruelty to thousands of animals would impact on the profits of food producers.
- The atrocities committed on all sides were horrendous and on a gargantuan scale.
- The poster showing the Jack Russell's horrendous injuries can be seen in the background.
- The consequences, had what they were doing led to a train being derailed, could have been horrendous.
- Now everyone in the media agrees what a horrendous mistake it was not to follow up on it.
Synonyms dreadful, horrifying, horrific, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling horrible, dreadful, horrifying, horrific, frightful, fearful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, hideous, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, heinous, vile, nightmarish, macabre, unspeakable, hair-raising, spine-chilling
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin horrendus (gerundive of horrere ‘(of hair) stand on end’) + -ous. |