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Horrid

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hor⋅rid

  [hawr-id, hor-]
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–adjective
1. such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
2. extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: horrid weather; She thought her uncle was horrid.
3. Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough.
Origin:
1580–90; < L horridus bristling, rough, equiv. to horr- (s. of horrēre to stand on end, bristle) + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
hor⋅rid⋅ly, adverb
hor⋅rid⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. nasty, vile, odious, abominable.
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hor·rid   (hôr'ĭd, hŏr'-)   
adj.  

  1. Causing horror; dreadful.

  2. Extremely disagreeable; offensive.

  3. Archaic Bristling; rough.


[Alteration (influenced by Latin horridus, bristling) of Middle English horred, past participle of horren, to bristle, from Latin horrēre, to tremble, bristle.]
hor'rid·ly adv., hor'rid·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

horrid 
1410, "hairy, shaggy, bristling," from L. horridus "bristly, prickly, rough, horrid, frightful," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Sense weakened 17c. to "unpleasant, offensive."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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