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Recent Examples of horrendous The Bayern Munich playmaker exited the game after a horrendous foul by PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at the edge of the box. Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025 If your grout isn't horrendous with dirt or stains, this might be a great cleaner for brightening the lines. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 June 2025 Think of how horrendous the food and drug stocks really have been. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 23 June 2025 Rising Apple's Noah Wright recently shared some serious concerns for Baty, considering he's gotten off to such a horrendous start to June. Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for horrendous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrendous
Adjective
  • Because of Denise Gough's human frailty as a woman destroyed by her own ambition and Kyle Soller's cowardice in the face of a horrible truth.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2025
  • Soak up the gall of losing, absorb the horrible information, feel it to the full, go there—and then rebound, with superb elasticity.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • Pictures of Piper the dog, who last year went through an awful health scare after having a rawhide treat.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
  • That’s a horrible way to feel, and an awful way for fans to treat her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • California homeowner’s insurance premiums were already rising before the horrific Southern California wildfires in January.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2025
  • Family recounts parents' efforts to save children The family of the two children who died in the flooding recounted in a GoFundMe page the horrific moment floodwaters swept the young siblings away and the desperate attempt by their parents to save their lives.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • But a week later, what had been named the Dragon Bravo Fire hit a patch of fuel and took on a terrifying character in new gusts of wind, surrounding overwhelmed firefighters on a helipad and heading with unstoppable force to the south.
    Tom Zoellner, AZCentral.com, 25 July 2025
  • As global anxiety builds, Luna must face not just the predator in the desert but the terrifying possibility that humanity’s end is hurtling toward them from the stars.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • In 1965 Martin got into an ugly battle with President Lyndon B. Johnson.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • In 1996, Cantor died, and Lutnick, after an ugly succession battle with Cantor’s widow, Iris, took control.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • But the gruesome truth remains — more than 120 are people are dead, including children.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
  • Other all-original haunted houses will include Jason Universe, which takes guests back to the summer camp where, one Friday the 13th, the gruesome legend was born.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • There will be four questions related to easing the city’s terrible housing shortage, all useful and needed, and one useless question about moving our local elections from odd years, like this present year, to presidential contest years.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
  • But when terrible news arrives about her ex, all eyes turn to Ana — whose reputation isn't exactly sterling.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • There is no way around it: Toilet brushes are disgusting.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 July 2025
  • Nearly 200 pounds of disgusting mats and fur was removed, which equates to an average of 1.5 pounds per dog.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025

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“Horrendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrendous. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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