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horrendous.

Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/həˈɹɛndəs//əˈɹɛndəs/dated
  1. Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

    There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.
    My journey to work this morning was horrendous!
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin horrendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of horreō (“to dread”) + -ous.

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