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[ hawr-id, hor- ] / ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR horrid ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesuch as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable. extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: horrid weather; She thought her uncle was horrid. Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough. Origin of horrid1580–90; <Latin horridus bristling, rough, equivalent to horr- (stem of horrēre to stand on end, bristle) + -idus-id4 SYNONYMS FOR horrid2 nasty, vile, odious, abominable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR horrid ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM horridhor·rid·ly, adverbhor·rid·ness, nounWords nearby horridHorowitz, horrendous, horrent, horrible, horribly, horrid, horrific, horrified, horrify, horrifying, horripilate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for horridRemoving choice is bullying and seems a horrid basis on which to anchor your relationship. Public Marriage Proposals Must Die|Tauriq Moosa|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST This world is a horrid cancer that no decent soul should ever partake from. Is This The Most Hated Man in Books?: Twitter vs. Edward Champion|Brandy Zadrozny|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST And bringing this home for all was the horrid beheading of American journalist James Foley. Summer 2014 Was the Worst Ever|Dean Obeidallah|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The state likely will lead in the countervailing lawsuits when (insert a horrid disease here) is found to be linked to e-puffing. Big Tobacco, Not MRSA, Is the Real Problem With E-Cigarettes|Kent Sepkowitz|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Revisit that horrid 1997 Psycho redo, or the misguided ABC miniseries version of The Shining that came out the same year. ‘Rosemary’s Baby’: How NBC Gave Birth to a New Version of Roman Polanski’s Horror Classic|Kevin Fallon|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ghastly images are before us and around us, the mystic symbols of a horrid religion! The Scalp Hunters|Mayne Reid The agony of her spirit, involved in endless and horrid labyrinths of doubt, is powerfully portrayed. The Life of Friedrich Schiller|Thomas Carlyle But December rain has a strange, horrid quality of chilly persistence. Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days|Arnold Bennett And the horrid woman grinned at him as she repeated his words. The Claverings|Anthony Trollope I am sure it will fall, and there will be a horrid accident. King of the Air|Herbert Strang
British Dictionary definitions for horrid
adjectivedisagreeable; unpleasanta horrid meal repulsive or frightening informal unkind Derived forms of horridhorridly, adverbhorridness, nounWord Origin for horridC16 (in the sense: bristling, shaggy): from Latin horridus prickly, rough, from horrēre to bristle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to horriddreadful, atrocious, distasteful, disgusting, grisly, ghastly, horrible, embarrassing, hideous, horrific, appalling, frightful, awful, gruesome, abominable, grim, abhorrent, abusive, annoying, biting |