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hair-raising, terrific, atrocious, disgusting, foul, nasty, nauseating, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly

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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

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Language Translation for : horrid

Spanish:

horroroso, horrible; odioso,

German:

schrecklich,

Japanese:

いやな

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hor·rid (hôr'ĭd, hŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Causing horror; dreadful.
Extremely disagreeable; offensive.
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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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]