| 单词 | horrid |
| 释义 | horrid (once / 419 pages) adj Horrid things are absolutely dreadful — they horrify or disgust you. A horrid dream can make you wake with a gasp and lie there with your heart pounding. You might cover your eyes during a particularly horrid scene in a scary movie, or skip past the horrid photos of a war zone in the newspaper. Things are also horrid when they're just plain bad: "That wallpaper in your bedroom is absolutely horrid." In the 1400s, horrid meant "hairy, shaggy, or bristling." The word stems from a Latin root, horrere, "to bristle with fear." WORD FAMILYhorrid: horrider, horridest, horridly, horridness+/horridness: horridnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“The vocalization,” she wrote, “is often done by people with horrid voices and sentimental mannerisms.” Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) Do you agree with Lady Susan that facts are horrid things? The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) “Facts are horrid things,” declares Susan when they threaten to mildly scupper her plans. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) 1adj grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror Syn hideous, horrific, outrageous offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses 2adj exceedingly bad when she was bad she was horrid Syn bad having undesirable or negative qualities |
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