horrendous

(hô-rĕn'dəs, hə-)
adj.
Hideous; dreadful: "Horrendous explosions shook the whole city" (Howard Kaplan).

[From Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrēre, to tremble.]

horrendously hor·ren'dous·ly adv.

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adjective

Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrible, shocking, terrible. See good/bad.

For a list of words related to horrendous, see:

• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rædselsvækkende, forfærdelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
afgrijselijk, afschuwelijk

Français (French)
adj. - effroyable, épouvantable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schrecklich, entsetzlich, horrend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φρικτός, αποτρόπαιος

Italiano (Italian)
orrendo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - horrendo

Русский (Russian)
устрашающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - horrendo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fasansfull, förfärlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可怕的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可怕的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무서운, 끔찍한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恐ろしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رهيب, سريع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נורא, איום‬

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