Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horrorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hor-ro-rous
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"When brooding o'er the past, I dwell / On how in wicked hands you fell, / Your end I seem to picture well, / A doom too horrorous to tell!"

Etymology

From horror + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: horror

Inflected Forms

more horrorous (comparative) most horrorous (superlative)

Questions

What does horrorous mean?: horrifying
Where does horrorous come from?: From horror + -ous.

How to pronounce horrorous

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