horrid
adjective
such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
horridness
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a word derived from
horrid.
Example Sentences
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My ideas of the greatness of my new home and the horridness of my old one were simplistic and limited.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
Probably a bit film- and TV-obsessed, or a little too concerned with the horridness of the weather.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2019
It was Copernicus who first calculated that the horridness of any given government is inversely proportionate to the brilliance of the rebel rock music it inspires.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2017
I am wearing my narciss-Spanx, restraining and containing my horridness; why can’t you?
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2012
The doe in the clearing goes stiff at sight of my horridness, then remembers her legs and is gone.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
