horrid

[ hawr-id, hor- ]

/ ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- /

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adjective

such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.

extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: horrid weather; She thought her uncle was horrid.

Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough.

Nearby words

horowitz, horrendous, horrent, horrible, horribly, horrid, horrific, horrified, horrify, horrifying, horripilate

Origin of horrid

1580–90; < Latin horridus bristling, rough, equivalent to horr- (stem of horrēre to stand on end, bristle) + -idus -id⁴

SYNONYMS FOR horrid

2 nasty, vile, odious, abominable.

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Related forms

hor·rid·ly, adverbhor·rid·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for horrid

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And bringing this home for all was the horrid beheading of American journalist James Foley.
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Revisit that horrid 1997 Psycho redo, or the misguided ABC miniseries version of The Shining that came out the same year.
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Ghastly images are before us and around us, the mystic symbols of a horrid religion!
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The agony of her spirit, involved in endless and horrid labyrinths of doubt, is powerfully portrayed.
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But December rain has a strange, horrid quality of chilly persistence.
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And the horrid woman grinned at him as she repeated his words.
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I am sure it will fall, and there will be a horrid accident.
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British Dictionary definitions for horrid

horrid

/ (ˈhɒrɪd) /

adjective

disagreeable; unpleasanta horrid meal

repulsive or frightening

informal unkind

Derived Forms

horridly, adverbhorridness, noun

Word Origin for horrid

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

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