Horrorous

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    horrifying rare

    "When brooding o'er the past, I dwell / On how in wicked hands you fell, / Your end I seem to picture well, / A doom too horrorous to tell!"

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"When brooding o'er the past, I dwell / On how in wicked hands you fell, / Your end I seem to picture well, / A doom too horrorous to tell!"

Etymology

From horror + -ous.

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