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horrid | American Dictionary. adjective. us / ˈhɔr·ɪd, ˈhɑr- / Add to word list. very bad or unpleasant: It was a horrid purple color which she detested. (Definition of horrid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of horrid.
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.
1. : innately offensive or repulsive: a. : inspiring horror : shocking. horrid living conditions. b. : inspiring disgust or loathing : nasty. a horrid man. c. : extremely bad or unpleasant : horrible. the tenor bell … gives out a horrid discordant noise Robert Graves. 2. archaic : rough, bristling. horridly adverb. horridness noun. Synonyms.
Horrid definition: such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.. See examples of HORRID used in a sentence.
If you describe something as horrid, you mean that it is very unpleasant indeed.
1. disagreeable; unpleasant: a horrid meal. 2. repulsive or frightening. 3. informal unkind. [C16 (in the sense: bristling, shaggy): from Latin horridus prickly, rough, from horrēre to bristle] ˈhorridly adv. ˈhorridness n.
Definition of horrid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'horrid'. 1. If you describe something as horrid, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant. [informal] [...] 2. If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way toward other people. [informal] [...] More.
horrid meaning, definition, what is horrid: very unpleasant: Learn more.
HORRID meaning: very unpleasant or unkind: . Learn more.
