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Meanings of
horrendous
in English
Causing fear or dread or terror.
terrible
awful
dreadful
fearful
dread
dreaded
scary
frightening
dire
horrific
Related terms
alarming
Synonyms
Examples for "
terrible
"
terrible
awful
dreadful
fearful
dread
Examples for "
terrible
"
1
The noise was terrific; the sight was
terrible
in its fierce grandeur.
2
Elizabeth blushed and looked grave; to her the matter seemed too
terrible
.
3
His Eminence in scarlet is magnificent; his Eminence in gray is
terrible
.
4
Torches flashed in the boats that put off in the
terrible
search.
5
The news of the
terrible
insurrection of the catholics in Ireland followed.
1
The
awful
in the natural forces, moral and material, seems his element.
2
Southern Asia in general is the seat of
awful
images and associations.
3
Language which disguises the
awful
reality of war is often standard practice.
4
The road was in an
awful
state: it was deep in mud.
5
Never before had there been so
awful
a crisis in Jewish history.
1
We had reached a point where the
dreadful
partnership could not continue.
2
It was happening; in a
dreadful
form of slow-motion it was happening.
3
The house bought on make-believe; the house that a penny
dreadful
built.
4
Those
dreadful
tragedies have relevance to what is happening in Ireland today.
5
Nearly blind;
dreadful
pain; can do nothing to-day; no sleep last night.
1
It must have done
fearful
things; there are little dints in it.
2
There is merely the
fearful
mist of error in which we live.
3
A
fearful
rate of labor; a strange, grave, quaint, ascetic, rigorous life.
4
The pressures on euro zone banks are another reason to be
fearful
.
5
And then that
fearful
Iphigenia sacrifice loomed in the distance as inevitable.
1
Then I finally ask the question to which I
dread
the answer.
2
I've certainly never seen an interviewee approach the photoshoot with greater
dread
.
3
Here, in the
dread
tribunal of last resort, valor contended against valor.
4
I was struck with
dread
;
the Queen then appeared in the balcony.
5
Thou sattest in one bucket beneath in the pit in great
dread
.
1
My Dad was 'on duty' and received the
dreaded
call from work.
2
It's that
dreaded
time of year again in the US tax time.
3
The young Vito, however, felt a cold anger for the
dreaded
Fanucci.
4
The
dreaded
acronym is, of course, SAC - Special Areas of Conservation.
5
In company she
dreaded
contempt; and in solitude she only found anxiety.
1
In the right context, the
scary
-
looking
number may prove the Ivorian's point.
2
For a
scary
moment, I saw things from her point of view.
3
In fact it did it with just two
scary
words: higher taxes.
4
The US state of Louisiana is facing a very serious,
scary
threat.
5
Given the numbers, that's a
scary
thought for upcoming New England opponents.
1
The words repeated in his mind, clear now, so clear-andso
frightening
.
2
It was an all-too-brief escape from the
frightening
reality of her situation.
3
A major criminal investigation is now under way into these
frightening
events.
4
For the first time for anybody going into that situation, it's
frightening
.
5
I've had a heart problem, so it was very difficult and
frightening
.
1
For foreign investors who held French banknotes the situation was particularly
dire
.
2
All of this exacerbated the
dire
financial situation of the new government.
3
It's not going to result in
dire
consequences, but it's not good.
4
Wood said the United States wanted to help people in
dire
need.
5
He said most people understood that the situation in Iraq was
dire
.
1
They are at risk of human trafficking and
horrific
abuse and exploitation.
2
I just hope we do the work to right this
horrific
wrong.
3
Witnessing
horrific
health cases, one after the other, was a heartbreaking experience.
4
So far in the 99th Tour de France, nothing
horrific
has happened.
5
The video shows a
horrific
attack on a South African police officer.
1
In those days a doctor's office could indeed be a
fearsome
place.
2
The trailer must represent a large and
fearsome
change in their environment.
3
She says however
fearsome
it might look, the axe is not sharp.
4
Hizdahr's
fearsome
collection of former fighting slaves made indifferent guards at best.
5
It felt right somehow that Butters was trading on their
fearsome
reputation.
1
The
direful
youths fought in the Steynham stables, overheard by the grooms.
2
He felt himself supremely helpless in the presence of the
direful
calamity.
3
At night the scene was far more
direful
than in the day.
4
They discovered uncharted islands and cheerfully fought savages or suffered
direful
shipwreck.
5
In such a case, how avert the chances of a
direful
conflict?
Usage of
horrendous
in English
1
They're using that to gain political advantage out of a
horrendous
situation.
2
Earlier, we had read about the
horrendous
conditions of orphanages in Romania.
3
She was in Time City, in the middle of a
horrendous
mistake.
4
The
horrendous
details of the case are a gift to conspiracy theorists.
5
The 32-year-old Lynette Volschenk is the murdered victim of this
horrendous
crime.
6
There's enough evidence to show the
horrendous
conditions they are reared in.
7
Conditions in the mines, off-limits to outsiders, are reported to be
horrendous
.
8
This bill will do
horrendous
damage to students, uni, staff and researchers.
9
He said the conditions were
horrendous
and many houses would be ruined.
10
The magnitude of hospital overspending puts the government in a
horrendous
bind.
11
The journey back from hospital later that evening, Arter says, was
horrendous
.
12
A
horrendous
road toll at the weekend has reignited discussions about speed.
13
Over the intervening period the collective losses of investors have been
horrendous
.
14
But there are still unethical operators of shopping trucks charging
horrendous
interest.
15
Because of his
horrendous
penalty I couldn't even keep the match ball.
16
He visited the chicken house, and
horrendous
squawkings came out of it.
Other examples for "horrendous"
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horrendous
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most horrendous
horrendous conditions
absolutely horrendous
so horrendous
pretty horrendous
More collocations
Horrendous
through the time
Horrendous
across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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