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horrisonous

horrisonous adjective: sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

Adjective

horrisonous (comparative more horrisonous, superlative most horrisonous)

  1. (obsolete) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
    • Words of most horrisonous roaring.1631, Celestina

Synonyms of horrisonous

Forms of horrisonous

comparativemore horrisonous
superlativemost horrisonous

Origin of horrisonous

From Latin horrisonus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + sonus (“a sound”).

Questions about horrisonous

What does horrisonous mean?
Horrisonous means sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
What part of speech is horrisonous?
Horrisonous is an adjective.

Words near horrisonous in the dictionary

  1. horripilating
  2. horripilation
  3. horripilations
  4. horripilatory
  5. horrisonant
  6. horrisonous
  7. Horrocks
  8. Horrocks box
  9. Horrocks boxes
  10. Horrockses
  11. Horrocksford

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