Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Hideous; dreadful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fearful; frightful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Fearful; frightful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Extremely
bad ;awful ;terrible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing fear or dread or terror
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Back in 2007, advocates for the mentally ill filed a lawsuit, citing what they called horrendous conditions at the psychiatric unit here at this hospital.
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
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These "independent" chicken catchers were forced to work 12-hour shifts in horrendous conditions for days on end, with no paid overtime.
Scott Edwards: A Story of Almosts Scott Edwards 2010
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
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Probably a majority of ethical vegetarians, vegans, and humane animal farming types, are left of center, and many of them would say that the diet of the majority of Americans implicates them in horrendous cruelty — and surely the accusation of immorality is at least as insulting to upstanding folk as an accusation of being a hick.
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
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Neither of us are comfortable in horrendous traffic, but we can do it.
oroboros commented on the word horrendous
I'm told that the words hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous are the only four words that end in 'dous' in the English language. Come on, Wordies, let's prove 'em wrong!
October 5, 2007
Telofy commented on the word horrendous
I may be three years late—wouldn’t be the first time—but here is a list of some 160 words directly from the omniscient OED:
acanthocladous, amphipodous, annelidous, apodous, arachnidous, arthropodous, avidous, bifidous, biohazardous, blendous, blizzardous, brachiopodous, branchiopodous, centifidous, cephalopodous, cheiropodous, chilopodous, chondropodous, cœnopodous, cogitabundous, commodous, condylopodous, confidous, copepodous, cordous, cowardous, cupidous, cynipidous, cynopodous, decapodous, diplopodous, dipodous, discopodous, discordous, dolichopodous, enodous, fecundous, frondous, gasteropodous, goliardous, hazardous, hebecladous, heteropodous, hexapodous, hidous, hoplopodous, horrendous, hybridous, hyperhexapodous, hypo-iodous, hypiodous, incommodous, infandous, infecundous, infidous, intremendous, invalidous, iodous, isopodous, jeopardous, lagopodous, lapidous, laterigradous, legendous, lemuridous, ligniperdous, lividous, macropodous, mastigopodous, megalopodous, merdous, mesomyodous, micropodous, mirabundous, mirandous, molybdous, monochordous, monopodous, mucidous, multifidous, multimodous, multinodous, multipedous, myriapodous, myxopodous, nefandous, nematopodous, nereidous, neuropodous, niggardous, nitidous, nodous, octopodous, olidous, omnimodous, ornithopodous, ostracodous, ostracopodous, pachypodous, palladous, palmipedous, paludous, parallelepipedous, parricidous, pelecypodous, peristeropodous, peropodous, phyllocladous, phyllopodous, physogradous, plecolepidous, -podous, poecilopodous, polycladous, polylepidous, polypodous, pteropodous, pudendous, pudibundous, pygopodous, quadrupedous, repandous, retrogradous, rhizopodous, rhodous, ribaldous, rubicundous, ruvidous, sauropodous, scarabæidous, schizopodous, sciapodous, siphonopodous, solidipedous, solipedous, sordidous, splendidous, steganopodous, stomapodous, stomatopodous, stupendous, stupidous, surquidous, surquedous, syncladous, tardigradous, taxeopodous, tepidous, tetradecapodous, tetrapodous, theropodous, thoracipodous, timidous, trachelipodous, tremendous, trochalopodous, turbidous, turgidous, tylopodous, unhazardous, untremendous, validous, vanadous, velellidous, verdous, verecundous, vespidous, viverridous
August 24, 2010