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as in horrible
causing fear
a horrendous explosion shook the building
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as in awful
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
a horrendous breach of good manners that should not escape censure
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as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
emergency room personnel did not flinch even from the most horrendous injuries
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Recent Examples of horrendous
The Democrats would be stealing the election for Trump in order to trigger a civil war in the US, and that the violence from that would then be horrendous.
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Leah Feiger, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
This was a major highlight for a special teams unit that has been horrendous.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Credits acknowledge the horrendous death caused by hazing of Penn State’s Timothy Piazza.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
In a tough week, Deadline’s thoughts go out to those impacted on all sides of this horrendous conflict.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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Leah Feiger, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2024
This was a major highlight for a special teams unit that has been horrendous.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Credits acknowledge the horrendous death caused by hazing of Penn State’s Timothy Piazza.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
In a tough week, Deadline’s thoughts go out to those impacted on all sides of this horrendous conflict.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrendous
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The two have to make the best of a horrible situation, and the frenemy dynamic is already well-established before the good witch’s human-sideye sidekicks, played by Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James, purposefully unload a humiliating black hat on Elphaba.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
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But the return of Terry Silver and that horrible Sekai Taikai tragedy seemed to put any hope for romance on pause, at least for now.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Nov. 2024
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For the evening, the stews break out their coral dresses instead of blacks which are pretty awful.Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Jean Dujardin, the French actor who won an Academy Award for that awful silent-movie spoof The Artist, is almost unrecognizable in On the Wandering Paths (Sur les chemins noirs).Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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Goldberg's words come over a year after The View began an unrelenting battle with gaseous entities, following a horrific water spillage (and mysterious fart noise of unknown origin) that plagued the Hot Topics table in January 2023.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Travis and Jason are clearly very close with one another, and the fan that hurled such a horrific thing led to Jason reacting in a very angry manner.James Brizuela, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Learn more › While the roar of the mighty Tyrannosaurs rex in the Jurassic Park film franchise is pretty terrifying, it was actually created by Hollywood special effects wizards using the sounds of a baby elephant.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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In this show, the most terrifying threat is not any singular person or group, but rather, the monsters inside us.Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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George Kittle On the ugly game: Being able to deal with all of that and still come out with a win.Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Poor Sue, who wins the challenge and has to wear that ugly bat signal around her neck.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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One popular, gruesome theory has it that a truck ran her over and then sped away, but what happened for sure, no one can tell.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Before his gruesome leg injury, the 24-year-old pass-rusher was on pace to secure an NFL Defensive Player of the Year trophy.Jesse Reed, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile Kelly Oubre, who was terrible with the Warriors, has found success with Philadelphia.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Elsbeth and Kaya are suspicious of Roselyn, even after Valentina’s quick assessment — supported by the medical examiner — that Claude’s death was a terrible accident.Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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At least Gill thinks that coffee is disgusting too.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Trump is disgusting, unhinged and unfit to represent the United States.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Horrendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrendous. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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