horrendous
adj.adj. extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking. You use it to describe something that is very difficult to deal with or look at.
adj. extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible in quality. Often used to describe sensory experiences, situations, or statistics that are exceptionally negative.
The traffic on the way to work was horrendous.
The victims of the storm described the horrendous conditions they faced while waiting for rescue teams to arrive.
The report detailed the horrendous living conditions in the overcrowded refugee camps, urging immediate international intervention to prevent a humanitarian disaster.
Borrowed from Latin horrendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of horreō (“I dread”) + -ous.
Typically used as a gradable adjective; frequently modified by intensifiers like 'absolutely' or 'truly'.