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hor⋅ren⋅dous

  [haw-ren-duhs, ho-]
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–adjective
shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
Origin:
1650–60; < L horrendus dreadful, to be feared (ger. of horrēre to bristle, shudder), equiv. to horr- (akin to hirsute ) + -endus ger. suffix

Related forms:
hor⋅ren⋅dous⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
appalling, frightful, hideous.
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hor·ren·dous   (hô-rěn'dəs, hə-)   
adj.  Hideous; dreadful: "Horrendous explosions shook the whole city" (Howard Kaplan).

[From Latin horrendus, from gerundive of horrēre, to tremble.]
hor·ren'dous·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

horrendous 
1659, from L. horrendus "to be shuddered at," gerundive of horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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