horrendous

adjective/uˈʁẽdu/medium

hor·ren·do

Definitions

1Causing horror, revulsion, or intense fear; extremely ugly, unpleasant, or shocking.

The accident left a horrendous scene on the road.

He told a horrendous story about the war.

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horrendous scenehorrendous crimehorrendous appearance

2Of very poor quality; terrible, awful.

The team played a horrendous game and lost five to zero.

He made a horrendous mistake in the report.

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horrendous mistakehorrendous resulthorrendous performance

Do latim 'horrendus', particípio passado de 'horrere' (estar eriçado, tremer de medo).