horrendous

Adjective Satellite

causing fear or dread or terror
- "horrendous explosions shook the city"

Adj

Extremely bad; awful; terrible.

Examples

My journey to work this morning was horrendous!
There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrific, terrible

Scrabble Score: 14

horrendous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
horrendous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
horrendous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

horrendous: valid Words With Friends Word