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Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.
George Ayittey

Meaning of "horrendous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HORRENDOUS

From Latin horrendus fearful, from horrēre to bristle, shudder, tremble.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HORRENDOUS

horrendous  [hɒˈrɛndəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORRENDOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Horrendous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORRENDOUS


Cardus
ˈkɑːdəs
exodus
ˈɛksədəs
frondous
ˈfrɒndəs
fundus
ˈfʌndəs
gradus
ˈɡreɪdəs
hazardous
ˈhæzədəs
Indus
ˈɪndəs
judas
ˈdʒuːdəs
Lepidus
ˈlɛpɪdəs
liquidus
ˈlɪkwɪdəs
Midas
ˈmaɪdəs
modus
ˈməʊdəs
nefandous
nɪˈfændəs
nidus
ˈnaɪdəs
Pindus
ˈpɪndəs
pudendous
pjuːˈdɛndəs
solidus
ˈsɒlɪdəs
stupendous
stjuːˈpɛndəs
tremendous
trɪˈmɛndəs
untremendous
ˌʌntrəˈmɛndəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORRENDOUS

horrendously
horrendousness
horrent
horrible
horribleness
horribly
horrid
horridly
horridness
horrific
horrifically
horrification
horrified
horrifies
horrify
horrifying
horrifyingly
horripilant
horripilate

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORRENDOUS

amphipodous
arthropodous
biohazardous
cephalopodous
chilopodous
decapodous
hybridous
isopodous
ligniperdous
molybdous
multifidous
myriapodous
paludous
rhizopodous
schizopodous
solipedous
splendidous
steganopodous
unhazardous
vanadous

Synonyms and antonyms of horrendous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HORRENDOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «horrendous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of horrendous

Translation of «horrendous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORRENDOUS

Find out the translation of horrendous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of horrendous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horrendous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可怕的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horrendo
570 millions of speakers

English

horrendous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खराब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رَهِيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ужасающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horrendo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভয়ঙ্কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épouvantable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengerikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schrecklich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

恐ろしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

끔찍한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horrendous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kinh khủng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயங்கரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धडकी भरवणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkunç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

orrendo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

straszliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

страхітливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îngrozitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποτρόπαιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afskuwelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fruktansvärd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forferdelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horrendous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORRENDOUS»

The term «horrendous» is very widely used and occupies the 19.856 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORRENDOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about horrendous

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10 QUOTES WITH «HORRENDOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word horrendous.
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George Ayittey
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris.
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Gael Garcia Bernal
We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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Nick Cave
The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas.
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Pat Conroy
The great thing about all my siblings is we all agree we had a horrendous childhood. It's not like it doesn't affect us now; it affects us every day, in everything we do.
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Caroline Corr
I used to play the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing the keyboards.
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Roger Daltrey
I'm not anti-fox hunting because, to me, shooting foxes is even worse and the results are horrendous.
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Angie Harmon
I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.
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Rickie Lee Jones
Popular music has always had its really horrendous stuff.
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Ali Khamenei
We seriously suspect the agents of the Americans and Israelis in conducting such horrendous terrorist acts and cannot believe the people who kidnap Philippines nationals, for instance, or behead U.S. nationals are Muslims.
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Shiv Khera
Avoid miscommunication. The price you pay for it is horrendous.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORRENDOUS»

Discover the use of horrendous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horrendous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God
A distinguished philosopher and a practicing minister, Marilyn McCord Adams has written a highly original work on a fundamental dilemma of Christian thought—how to reconcile faith in God with the evils that afflict human beings.
Marilyn McCord Adams, 2000
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Horrendous Death, Health, and Well-being
The theme of this book is that a host of causes of death are fashioned by people, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally.
Daniel Leviton, 1991
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Horrendous Death and Health: Toward Action
The central theme of this book, which is made up of a series of essays, is that some kinds of death are caused by people, both intentionally and unintentionally.
Daniel Leviton, 1991
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Zeke Meeks vs the Horrendous Halloween
Usually Zeke loves Halloween, but this year things just seem to be going wrong--he is having trouble finding a good costume, the costume parade at school is a disaster, and he has to take his little sister trick-or-treating.
D. L. Green, 2013
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The Horrendous Hurricane Mystery
Artemis Masters, a slightly mad scientist, takes his children Curie and Nick along when he tangles with a Category 5 hurricane.
Carole Marsh, 2007
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How To Train Your Dragon: How To Train Your Dragon
Read the books that inspired the Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon films. THE STORY BEGINS in the first volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs.
Cressida Cowell, 2014
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Casteism is Horrendous Than Racism: Durban and Dalit Discourse
This Book Is A Modest Attempt To Examine Caste Discrimination, The Heroic Attempts Made By Dalit Activists, Intellectuals And Human Rights Activists To Sharpen Caste Discrimination At Various Levels And Forums And The Core Issues Involved ...
Prakash Louis, 2001
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Horrendous Habits
Eddie Dickens avoids many disasters only to fall in love and be captured by a gang of escaped convicts.
Philip Ardagh, 2005
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The Horrendous Hullabaloo
Tired of keeping everything shipshape while her pirate nephew goes out every night, an aunt throws a party and creates an enjoyably horrendous hullabaloo of her own. Suggested level: preschool, junior, primary.
Margaret Mahy, 1992
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Evil Beyond Belief
The challenge posed by Ivan and Adams is a prior challenge, maintaining that such constraints are irrelevant to the problem of horrendous evil insofar as there are no goods of this world that could engulf let alone defeat horrendous human ...
James M. Petrik, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORRENDOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horrendous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Planned Parenthood's horrendous organ trade | New York Post
Planned Parenthood's horrendous organ trade. An anti-abortion protester holds up a sign in Washington. Photo: Reuters. Hannibal Lecter ain't ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
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Young dad's chilling account of 'horrendous cab ride'
FIRST ON 3AW: A Melbourne father has recounted a terrifying cab ride with his young family after their taxi driver donned a mask and talked of ... «3AW, Jul 15»
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Little Mix praise 'horrendous' looks | The List
Little Mix believe looking "horrendous" on the 'X Factor' helped them win the show as girls weren't "threatened" by them. Little Mix think looking ... «The List, Jul 15»
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Outspoken parent shares her 'horrendous' experiences - Daily Mail
As one mother claims she had her baby removed from her in Primark for breastfeeding, a VERY outspoken parent shares her 'horrendous' ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Australian company ordered to stop 'horrendous' backpacker serial …
Describing the late-night tours as “horrendous”, the New South Wales state government ordered Goulburn Ghost Tours to stop conducting the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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BREAKING: Lorry driver convicted of “horrendous” overtaking …
Stephen Weller was charged with carrying out the "horrendous" offence in which he narrowly avoided crashing into several vehicles on the ... «East Grinstead Courier & Observer, Jul 15»
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John Aldridge: Liverpool must improve their horrendous strike force …
“Don't forget last year Liverpool's strikers only scored eight goals between them, which was horrendous”. John Aldridge. Aldridge, who played ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Wickford coach driver appealing 'horrendous' £2000 fine after …
A COACH driver is appealing a "horrendous" £2,000 Border Force fine after he dragged two opportunistic immigrants out of his boot and ... «Brentwood Gazette, Jul 15»
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Horrendous homestand for Bee Jays continues
Liberal's Madison Foster is tagged out at home Sunday in a game against Haysville. The Bee Jays dropped the contest 7-4 after giving up six ... «Leader and Times, Jul 15»
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'Horrendous' crash prevented on M6 Toll after cops stop lorry being …
MOTORWAY police officers averted what they described as something which could've led to 'horrendous consequences' after stopping a lorry ... «Sutton Coldfield Observer, Jul 15»

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