horrorous

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adjective

horrifying

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Meanings

adjectivehorrorous (comparative more horrorous, superlative most horrorous)

comparative more horrorous · superlative most horrorous

  1. rarehorrifying

    When brooding o'er the past, I dwell / On how in wicked hands you fell, / Your end I seem to picture well, / A doom too horrorous to tell!

    1964, Francisco Balagtas, Mabini's Version of "Florante at Laura", page 33

Origin

From horror + -ous.

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APA

horrorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrorous

MLA

“horrorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrorous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horrorous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrorous.

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