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- Dictionaryhorrid/ˈhɒrɪd/
adjective
- 1. very unpleasant or disagreeable: "the teachers at school were horrid" Similar Opposite
- 2. causing horror: "a horrid nightmare" Similar
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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.
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 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.
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.
Jun 30, 2024 · horrid (comparative horrider or more horrid, superlative horridest or most horrid) Bristling, rough, rugged.
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.
Definition of horrid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
HORRID meaning: very unpleasant or unkind: . Learn more.
