Horrendous vs Startling - What's the difference?
horrendous | startling |
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=
Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 27
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City
, work=BBC Sport
As adjectives the difference between horrendous and startling
is that horrendous is extremely bad; awful; terrible while startling is likely to startle; surprising; shocking.As a verb startling is
.horrendous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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, dreadfulstartling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=That startling admission capped a miserable night for City as they arrived in Germany following an unbeaten start to the season.}}