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horrorous

horrorous adjective: horrifying.

Adjective

horrorous (comparative more horrorous, superlative most horrorous)

  1. (rare) horrifying
    • 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!1964, Francisco Balagtas, Mabini's Version of "Florante at Laura", page 33

Forms of horrorous

comparativemore horrorous
superlativemost horrorous

Origin of horrorous

From horror + -ous.

Questions about horrorous

What does horrorous mean?
Horrorous means horrifying.
What part of speech is horrorous?
Horrorous is an adjective.

Words near horrorous in the dictionary

  1. horrormeister
  2. horrormeisters
  3. horrormonger
  4. horrormongering
  5. horrormongers
  6. horrorous
  7. horrors
  8. horrors of horrors
  9. horrorscape
  10. horrorscope
  11. horrorscopes

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