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horrid

[ 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.

    Synonyms: odious, vile, nasty, abominable

  3. Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough.


horrid

/ ˈhɒrɪd /

adjective

  1. disagreeable; unpleasant

    a horrid meal

  2. repulsive or frightening
  3. informal.
    unkind


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Derived Forms

  • ˈhorridness, noun
  • ˈhorridly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • horrid·ly adverb
  • horrid·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of horrid1

1580–90; < Latin horridus bristling, rough, equivalent to horr- (stem of horrēre to stand on end, bristle) + -idus -id 4

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Word History and Origins

Origin of horrid1

C16 (in the sense: bristling, shaggy): from Latin horridus prickly, rough, from horrēre to bristle

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Example Sentences

Removing choice is bullying and seems a horrid basis on which to anchor your relationship.

This world is a horrid cancer that no decent soul should ever partake from.

And bringing this home for all was the horrid beheading of American journalist James Foley.

The state likely will lead in the countervailing lawsuits when (insert a horrid disease here) is found to be linked to e-puffing.

In 2001, students in the mostly black Richmond district in Virginia had rather horrid reading scores.

Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.

But he was ignorant of that part of the horrid tale; and the Duke, in a milder voice, bade him rise.

They are faced by a horrid redoubt held by machine guns, and they are to rush it with the bayonet.

John Tubbs was one day doing his sums, when little Sam Jones pushed against him; and down went the slate with a horrid clatter.

I guess you are growing up, 17 laughed unconscious Dinah; its hateful and horrid to grow up; I never shall.

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