Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely shocking, dreadful, or horrifying: Used to describe something that causes great fear, shock, or disgust due to its extreme and unpleasant nature.
   • Extremely unpleasant or bad: Used informally to describe something that is very bad or of very poor quality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The survivors described the scene of the accident as horrendous.
  • We got stuck in horrendous traffic for over three hours.
  • She woke up with a horrendous headache after the party.

Advanced Usage

• "to be horrendous": to be extremely bad or unpleasant.
  • The service at that restaurant was horrendous; we waited an hour for our food.
• "a horrendous experience": an experience that is deeply shocking or traumatic.
  • Being trapped in the elevator was a horrendous experience.

Variants and Related Words

• Horrendously (adverb): in a horrendous manner; extremely.
  • The project was horrendously over budget.
• Horror (noun): an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
  • The movie was full of suspense and horror.

Synonyms

• Awful: Very bad or unpleasant.
• Dreadful: Causing great fear or suffering; very bad.
• Terrible: Extremely bad or serious.
• Appalling: Shocking and unacceptable.

Related Phrases

• "a horrendous mistake": a very serious or terrible error.
  • Releasing the confidential files was a horrendous mistake.
• "in horrendous conditions": in extremely bad or dangerous circumstances.
  • The refugees were living in horrendous conditions.

Adjective

1. 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