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. Billy Foster:

   At the U.S. Open he played great golf to get into the last group with American Dustin Johnson and Oakmont was just one of those courses that if you were slightly out of position you were fighting against a bogey or a double bogey, he got off to a horrendous start, he was five-over after five. The day was over and from then on it was a case of just cheerleading American Dustin Johnson home.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   We're living in a world since Citizens United where multi-millionaires and billionaires are playing a horrendous role in the political system, that's why I believe that we need to overturn Citizens United and move to public funding of elections.

3. Lammy Review recommendationsIn an interview:

   It's deeply, deeply shocking and concerning to find out that young people in our own country are being treated in this horrendous way, coronavirus is a challenge for the system, but it is not a call for democratic countries like our own to abandon norms we have fought hard for in this country. It's very, very disappointing and worrying that we're treating young people in this way.

4. 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.

5. 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.