horrorsome

English

Etymology

horror +‎ -some

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹɚsəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒɹəsəm/

Adjective

horrorsome (comparative more horrorsome, superlative most horrorsome)

1. Characterised or marked by horror.
   • 2001, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Macintyre's Improbable Bestiary:

     There are monsters and creatures with horrorsome features / And shapes to drive men to insanity.

   • 2003, Mahendra Narayan Behera, Brownstudy on Heathenland:

     [...] the merciless massacres, plunders, outrages, rapes and abductions perpetrated by Islamic terrorists in India and in its frontiers for almost a thousand years stand as glaring examples of despicable and horrorsome human depravity, which extends to the twentyfirst century through Pakistan and its terrorist groups with more ferocity and terrific cruelty.