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Horrendous vs Alarming - What's the difference?

horrendous | alarming | Related terms |

Horrendous is a related term of alarming.


As adjectives the difference between horrendous and alarming

is that horrendous is extremely bad; awful; terrible while alarming is causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.

As a verb alarming is

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horrendous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
  • * There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash.
  • * My journey to work this morning was horrendous !
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}

    Synonyms

    * awful, horrific, terrible, dreadful

    alarming

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
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