horrendo

horrendo
adj.
horrible, terrible, dreadful, horrifying.
* * *
horrendo
adjetivo
1 horrible, horrifying, awful, frightful
* * *
ADJ
1) (=aterrador) [crimen] horrific, ghastly *
2) (=horrible) [ropa, zapatos] hideous, ghastly *; [película, libro] dreadful; [frío, calor] terrible, dreadful, awful

tengo un hambre horrendo — I'm terribly hungry

* * *
-da adjetivo horroroso
* * *
= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.
Ex. See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.
Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
Ex. If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
Ex. Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.
* * *
-da adjetivo horroroso
* * *
= harrowing, frightful, horrendous, horrifying, hideous, horrible, grotesquely ugly.

Ex: See Michael R. Booth, 'English Melodrama', for further details of this harrowing tale.

Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
Ex: If we were confronted with the alternatives that Mr. Gorman described this morning, it would have been a horrendous undertaking.
Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.
Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

* * *
horrendo -da
adjective
* * *

horrendo
-da adjetivo See Also→ horroroso


'horrendo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
horrendo-a
- infierno
English:
eyewitness
- harrowing
- horrendous
- horrific
- ghastly
- hideous
- horrifying
* * *
horrendo = horroroso
* * *
horrendo
adj horrendous
* * *
horrendo, -da adj
: horrendous, horrible

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • horrendo — da adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que causa horror: un suceso horrendo, una horrenda noticia. Sinónimo: horrible. 2. (ser / estar; antepuesto / pospuesto) Uso/registro: coloquial. Pragmática: intensif …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • horrendo — horrendo, da adjetivo horrible*, horroroso, hórrido, horripilante, espantoso, pavoroso, monstruoso. * * * Sinónimos: ■ horrible …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • horrendo — adj. Que causa horror; muito feio …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • horrendo — horrendo, da (Del lat. horrendus). adj. horrible …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • horrendo — (Del lat. horrendus, que hace erizar los cabellos.) ► adjetivo 1 Que causa horror: ■ la prensa habla del horrendo asesinato de anoche. SINÓNIMO [horroroso,] horrible hórrido 2 coloquial Muy feo o muy malo: ■ lleva un vestido horrendo; esta comida …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • horrendo — {{#}}{{LM H20638}}{{〓}} {{SynH21167}} {{[}}horrendo{{]}}, {{[}}horrenda{{]}} ‹ho·rren·do, da› {{《}}▍ adj.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Que causa horror. {{<}}2{{>}} {{※}}col.{{¤}} Muy feo, muy malo o muy desagradable: • un traje horrendo.{{○}} {{<}}3{{>}}… …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • horrendo — da adj. horrendoue causa horror. Hórrido …   Diccionario Castellano

  • Billy el "horrendo" — Publicación Formato Serializada en Super Mortadelo núm. 136 a 144[1] …   Wikipedia Español

  • Billy el "horrendo\ — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda TBO Primera edición 1993 Editorial Olé Nº páginas 44 Personajes Mortadelo y Filemón Creador(es) Francisco Ibáñez …   Wikipedia Español

  • horrible — adjetivo horrendo, horroroso, hórrido, horripilante, espantoso, pavoroso, monstruoso. «Un objeto que horroriza es la idea común a estas tres voces (horrible, horrendo y horroroso), que la representan con relación a los distintos efectos que… …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • Terremoto de Lima de 1746 — Terremoto de Lima y Callao de 1746 Fecha 28 de octubre de 1746 Magnitud aprox. 9.0 Mw MW Consecuencias Zonas afectadas Costa y Andes del Centro de Perú …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”