Horrendous - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|hɔːˈrendəs|

Brit.
|hɒˈrendəs|

adjective ↓
- causing fear or dread or terror (syn: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrific, terrible)
horrendous explosions shook the city
Examples
She suffered horrendous injuries.
The traffic was horrendous.
Her taste in clothes is horrendous.
...a horrendous explosion shook the building...
...Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life....