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Synonyms for horrendous

  • adjective

Most common

terrible awful horrific dreadful

All synonyms

Adjective

terrible, awful, horrific, dreadful, dire, gruesome, frightening, dreaded, rotten, rubbish, fearsome, dread, fearful, direful, horrid, atrocious, appalling, hideous, ghastly, horrifying, frightful, grisly

Antonyms

mediocre, reasonable, positive

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

    My journey to work this morning was horrendous!

Example sentences

  • terrible Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.
  • awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
  • horrific Uncover the horrific truth of this shocking story.
  • dreadful Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
horrendousrising
terriblerising
awfulrising
horrificrising
dreadfulrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dire1
5 letters
awful2, dread1
6 letters
rotten2, horrid2, grisly2
7 letters
rubbish2, fearful2, hideous3, dreaded2, ghastly2, direful
8 letters
terrible3, horrific3, dreadful2, gruesome2, fearsome2
9 letters
appalling3, atrocious3, frightful2
10 letters
horrifying4
11 letters
frightening3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awful2 = 2 syllables).

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