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In a hideous or dreadful manner.

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Usage examples (40)
  • Adjective : a horrendous crime
  • (To be fair, it’s still in horrendously poor taste to mock the failing health of anyone, particularly an ex-President.
  • Roddick said he played "horrendously" the first three sets, got better after that but Lu served better than ever before.
  • Hylton said he and his wife, Marie, who is Kinder's sister, are "horrendously" concerned because of the dangerously cold weather.
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