Etymology

horrendous

H4O1R1R1E1N1D2O1U1S1

Today it means: Extremely bad; awful; terrible. Full definition →

Latin horrendus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromhorrendus
  2. English todayhorrendous

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

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