Textual thesaurus for "horrendous"

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

causing fear or dread or terror

the awful war; an awful risk; dire news; a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked; the dread presence of the headmaster; polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was; a dreadful storm; a fearful howling; horrendous explosions shook the city; a terrible curse