All horrendous synonyms
hor·ren·dous
H h adj horrendous
- terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- horrid — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- abhorrent — If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable.
- harrowing — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- awesome — An awesome person or thing is very impressive and often frightening.
- appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- ghastly — shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- dire — causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- horrible — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- gruesome — causing great horror; horribly repugnant; grisly: the site of a gruesome murder.
- hideous — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
- beastly — If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- dread — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- fearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- hateful — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- dreaded — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
adjective horrendous
- unbearable — not bearable; unendurable; intolerable.
- unspeakable — not speakable; that may not be spoken.
- horrific — causing horror.
- upsetting — overturned: an upset milk pail.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- extreme — Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
- outrageous — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- exorbitant — (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high.
- sky-high — very high