Her taste in clothes is horrendous. a horrendous explosion shook the building
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Word History
Etymology
Latin horrendus "inspiring terror or awe, dreadful" (gerundive of horrēre "to be stiffly erect, bristle, shudder, shiver") + -ous — more at horror entry 1