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horrid - 5 dictionary results
hor⋅rid
[hawr-id, hor-]
–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
1580–90; < L horridus bristling, rough, equiv. to horr- (s. of horrēre to stand on end, bristle) + -idus -id 4

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Language Translation for : horrid
| Spanish: | horroroso, horrible; odioso, | German: | schrecklich, | Japanese: | いやな |
| hor·rid
(hôr'ĭd, hŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[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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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."
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| horrid | |
adjective | |
| 1. | exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid" |
| 2. | grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" [syn: hideous] |
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Horrid
Hor"rid\, a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. --Dryden. 2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive. Not in the legions Of horrid hell. --Shak. The horrid things they say. --Pope. Syn: Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.
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