horrid
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horrid
- /ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/ UK
- /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/ US
- /ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/ New York City, Philadelphia
Rhymes with -ɒɹɪd
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.
adjective horrider · more horrid · horridest · most horrid
- Bristling, rough, rugged. His haughtie Helmet, horrid all with gold, // Both glorious brightnesse and great terror bredd.
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Causing horror or dread.
Not in the legions / Of horrid hell, can come a devil more damned / In evils, to top Macbeth.
Similar: affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful
- Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable. horrid weather
Similar: abominable, alarming, appalling, awful, dire, dreadful, frightful, harrowing, hideous, horrible, revolting, shocking, terrific
adverb
- Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent. “Beg y’ pardon, sir,” said a voice at the tent door; “but Dormer’s ’orrid bad, sir, an’ they’ve taken him orf, sir.”
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: horrific, offensive, outrageous, hideous, bad, nasty, dirty, foul, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, obnoxious, filthy, horrifying, disgusting, horrible
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adj causing horror or dread
| Español | hórrido, horrendo |
|---|---|
| Português | horrendo, horrível |
| Français | affreux, horrible |
| Italiano | orrido |
| Русский | страшный strašnyj, ужасный užasnyj |
adj offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable
| Português | horrendo |
|---|---|
| Français | exécrable, désagréable, abominable, ignominieux, abhorrable |
| Русский | ужасный užasnyj, отвратительный otvratitelʹnyj |
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