horrendous
/həˈɹɛndəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash."
- "My journey to work this morning was horrendous!"
- "But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat."
- "Maguire made an horrendous meal of the most basic piece of work to make it a treble helping of dreadful defending by England and for all the flair and fantasy of their attacking play there is no hiding away from the fact this is a serious weakness."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more horrendous (comparative)
most horrendous (superlative)