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hor·ren·dous

(hô-r

s, h

-) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Hideous; dreadful: "Horrendous explosions shook the whole city" (Howard Kaplan).

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrre, to tremble

OTHER FORMS:
hor·rendous·ly(Adverb)

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