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horrorsome

UK/ˈhɒɹəsəm/US/ˈhɔɹɚsəm/

horrorsome adjective: characterised or marked by horror.

Adjective

horrorsome (comparative more horrorsome, superlative most horrorsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by horror.
    • There are monsters and creatures with horrorsome features / And shapes to drive men to insanity.2001, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Macintyre's Improbable Bestiary
    • [...] the merciless massacres, plunders, outrages, rapes and abductions perpetrated by Islamic terrorists in India and in its frontiers for almost a thousand years stand as glaring examples of despicable and horrorsome human depravity, which extends to the twentyfirst century through Pakistan and...2003, Mahendra Narayan Behera, Brownstudy on Heathenland

Forms of horrorsome

comparativemore horrorsome
superlativemost horrorsome

Origin of horrorsome

From horror + -some.

Questions about horrorsome

What does horrorsome mean?
Horrorsome means characterised or marked by horror.
What part of speech is horrorsome?
Horrorsome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce horrorsome?
Horrorsome is pronounced /ˈhɔɹɚsəm/ (US).

Words near horrorsome in the dictionary

  1. horrorscape
  2. horrorscope
  3. horrorscopes
  4. horrorshow
  5. horrorshows
  6. horrorsome
  7. horrorstricken
  8. horrorstruck
  9. horrorthon
  10. horrorthons
  11. horrorzine

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