horrendousness noun[ U ] uk /həˈren.dəs.nəs/ us /həˈren.dəs.nəs/ the quality of being extremely unpleasant or bad: 可怕性 He was clearly moved by the horrendousness of the shootings.枪击事件的可怕显然对他造成冲击。 People are shocked by the horrendousness of the crime.人们对这一骇人听闻的罪行感到震惊。 See
horrendous The lies reached new levels of horrendousness. Passengers are angry and upset with the horrendousness of airline travel. We could not predict the horrendousness of the nuclear weapons that would be devised. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic fraught frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness noxiously objectionable objectionably odious odiously unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable |