'Horrendous' definitions:
Definition of 'horrendous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
Definition of 'Horrendous'
From: GCIDE
- Horrendous \Hor*ren"dous\, a. [L. horrendus.] Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'horrendous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appalling,
- astounding,
- atrocious,
- awe-inspiring,
- awesome,
- awful,
- baneful,
- beastly,
- dire,
- direful,
- dread,
- dreaded,
- dreadful,
- fell,
- formidable,
- ghastly,
- ghoulish,
- grim,
- grisly,
- gruesome,
- hideous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- macabre,
- morbid,
- redoubtable,
- rotten,
- schrecklich,
- shocking,
- terrible,
- terrific,
- tragic,
- tremendous,
- unspeakable