horrisonous

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adjective

Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

Similar
cacophonoushorrisonant
OriginLatin horrisonus →
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Meanings

adjectivehorrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)

comparative more horrisonous · superlative most horrisonous

  1. obsoleteSounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

    Words of most horrisonous roaring.

    1631, Celestina

    Synonyms: cacophonous, horrisonant

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

Similar
cacophonoushorrisonant
Also see
cacophonousroughscabrous

Origin

  1. Latinhorrisonus
  2. Englishhorrisonous

From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).

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