Horrendous
adjective
Extremely bad, awful, or terrible.
She woke up with a horrendous headache
Often appears as...
- horrendous pain
- horrendous crime
adjective
Causing fear or dread.
A horrendous noise came from the basement
Often appears as...
- horrendous shriek
- horrendous accident
adjective
Extremely bad, awful, or terrible.
She woke up with a horrendous headache
Often appears as...
- horrendous pain
- horrendous crime
adjective
Causing fear or dread.
A horrendous noise came from the basement
Often appears as...
- horrendous shriek
- horrendous accident
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Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Marker
Use 'horrendous' to emphasize the extreme negative nature of a situation or feeling.
The food poisoning caused horrendous discomfort.
Pro Tip 2/3Negativity Connotation
'Horrendous' conveys a stronger negative emotion than simply 'bad' or 'unpleasant'.
The movie’s special effects were horrendous.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Mild Issues
Reserve 'horrendous' for situations that are significantly distressing, not for minor inconveniences.
They had to live in horrendous living conditions after the hurricane.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Marker
Use 'horrendous' to emphasize the extreme negative nature of a situation or feeling.
The food poisoning caused horrendous discomfort.
Pro Tip 2/3Negativity Connotation
'Horrendous' conveys a stronger negative emotion than simply 'bad' or 'unpleasant'.
The movie’s special effects were horrendous.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Mild Issues
Reserve 'horrendous' for situations that are significantly distressing, not for minor inconveniences.
They had to live in horrendous living conditions after the hurricane.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Marker
Use 'horrendous' to emphasize the extreme negative nature of a situation or feeling.
The food poisoning caused horrendous discomfort.
Pro Tip 2/3Negativity Connotation
'Horrendous' conveys a stronger negative emotion than simply 'bad' or 'unpleasant'.
The movie’s special effects were horrendous.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Mild Issues
Reserve 'horrendous' for situations that are significantly distressing, not for minor inconveniences.
They had to live in horrendous living conditions after the hurricane.
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The myth of Pandora’s...
She’d take one glance inside, then be able to rid her mind of it forever But at the first crack of the lid, the box burst open. Monstrous creatures and horrendous sounds rushed out in a cloud of smoke and swirled around her, screeching and cackling. Filled with terror,
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We can start winning the...
that are going through these nasty, nasty chemotherapy drugs, for them not to suffer through those horrendous side effects of the drugs when the drugs are in fact not even helping them. So to be frank here, we're pretty far away from winning the war against cancer,
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Depicting new images of...
some of the people that run the media the power of television news could not be demonstrated more clearly but there is a responsibility that goes with that power we fail in that responsibility if we do not report the often horrendous problems of development
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Navi Radjou: Creative...
developed countries and developing countries come together and co-create frugal solutions that benefit the entire humanity. The exciting news is that's starting to happen. Let's go to Nairobi to find that out. Nairobi has horrendous traffic jams.
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How we can navigate the...
Russia will do in all this mix there are horrendous possibilities here that's why we need to work very hard together to make sure that we take the possible good benefits out of this number one the understanding that the whole of humanity
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
Jeter after he'd broken his back on the trapeze but as I said by the time I joined the circus Dumbo was elderly and she had dreadful PMS she used to get horrendous hormonal moods and
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
tickets I think they smell horrendous say crystal you say your cat doesn't smell like anything when it's wet compared to a dog in my experience in the cats that I've had in my life
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Grouse Chicks Die from...
the nesting and they a lot of hard Frost's and torrential rain and it's just been horrendous we just lost probably about half the population of chicks this year
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Can You Survive...
whilst all this is happening the last thing you need is to be short of breath all right ah our cheers voice I thought that is the most horrendous thing I've
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Locked Up in Venezuela...
it was like hectic everywhere in the mountains you can see these shanty houses that was just horrendous I've not seen that in my life and I thought
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The myth of Pandora’s...
She’d take one glance inside, then be able to rid her mind of it forever But at the first crack of the lid, the box burst open. Monstrous creatures and horrendous sounds rushed out in a cloud of smoke and swirled around her, screeching and cackling. Filled with terror,
Video examples
We can start winning the...
that are going through these nasty, nasty chemotherapy drugs, for them not to suffer through those horrendous side effects of the drugs when the drugs are in fact not even helping them. So to be frank here, we're pretty far away from winning the war against cancer,
Video examples
Depicting new images of...
some of the people that run the media the power of television news could not be demonstrated more clearly but there is a responsibility that goes with that power we fail in that responsibility if we do not report the often horrendous problems of development
Video examples
Navi Radjou: Creative...
developed countries and developing countries come together and co-create frugal solutions that benefit the entire humanity. The exciting news is that's starting to happen. Let's go to Nairobi to find that out. Nairobi has horrendous traffic jams.
Video examples
How we can navigate the...
Russia will do in all this mix there are horrendous possibilities here that's why we need to work very hard together to make sure that we take the possible good benefits out of this number one the understanding that the whole of humanity
Video examples
Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
Jeter after he'd broken his back on the trapeze but as I said by the time I joined the circus Dumbo was elderly and she had dreadful PMS she used to get horrendous hormonal moods and
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
tickets I think they smell horrendous say crystal you say your cat doesn't smell like anything when it's wet compared to a dog in my experience in the cats that I've had in my life
Video examples
Grouse Chicks Die from...
the nesting and they a lot of hard Frost's and torrential rain and it's just been horrendous we just lost probably about half the population of chicks this year
Video examples
Can You Survive...
whilst all this is happening the last thing you need is to be short of breath all right ah our cheers voice I thought that is the most horrendous thing I've
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Locked Up in Venezuela...
it was like hectic everywhere in the mountains you can see these shanty houses that was just horrendous I've not seen that in my life and I thought
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Quote examples
Mark Billingham
English Novelist
As crime writers, we put these characters, year after year, book after book, through the most horrendous trauma, dealing with grief and death and loss and violence. We can't pretend that these things don't affect these characters; they have to. If they don't, then you're essentially writing cartoons.
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Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
I only use Tinder to have horrible conversations with people. I accidentally liked this man on there and he sent me some really horrendous things. I was like, 'I'm gonna be even more horrendous.' I was by myself, having the time of my life. Then I felt slightly sick.
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Clare Short
British Politician
The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.
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Katharine Weymouth
American Publisher
My mother doesn't cook; my grandmother didn't cook. Her kids were raised by servants. They would joke about Sunday night dinner. It was the only night she would cook, and apparently it was just horrendous, like scrambled eggs and Campbell's soup.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
British Composer
The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don't just succumb.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.
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Kimberly Bryant
American Scientist
I'm horrendous at capturing a decent selfie.
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Mark Billingham
English Novelist
As crime writers, we put these characters, year after year, book after book, through the most horrendous trauma, dealing with grief and death and loss and violence. We can't pretend that these things don't affect these characters; they have to. If they don't, then you're essentially writing cartoons.
Quote examples
Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
I only use Tinder to have horrible conversations with people. I accidentally liked this man on there and he sent me some really horrendous things. I was like, 'I'm gonna be even more horrendous.' I was by myself, having the time of my life. Then I felt slightly sick.
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Clare Short
British Politician
The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
I was fortunate enough to have been raised to a certain point before I got into the race thing. I had other views of what a human is, so I was never able to see racism as the big question. Racism was horrendous, but there were other aspects to life.
Quote examples
Katharine Weymouth
American Publisher
My mother doesn't cook; my grandmother didn't cook. Her kids were raised by servants. They would joke about Sunday night dinner. It was the only night she would cook, and apparently it was just horrendous, like scrambled eggs and Campbell's soup.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
British Composer
The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain's gale-force waters.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don't just succumb.
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John Oliver
British Comedian
I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.
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Kimberly Bryant
American Scientist
I'm horrendous at capturing a decent selfie.
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