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   horrid

   /ˈhɒrɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. very unpleasant or disagreeable: "the teachers at school were horrid" Similar nastyhorribledisagreeableunpleasantawfuldreadfulterribleappallinghorrendousdisgustingfoulrevoltingrepulsiverepellentghastlyobnoxioushatefulodiousobjectionableoffensiveinsufferablevileloathsomeabhorrentinformal:frightfullousygodawfulhellishbeastlygrottybitchycattybogginghellaciousarchaic:disgustfulloathlyrare:rebarbativeOpposite pleasantagreeable
   • 2. causing horror: "a horrid nightmare" Similar horrifyinghorriblehorrifichorrendousdreadfulfrightfulfearfulawfulterribleshockingappallinghideousgrimgrislyghastlyharrowinggruesomeheinousvilenightmarishmacabreunspeakablehair-raisingspine-chillingloathsomemonstrousabhorrentdetestablehatefulexecrableabominableatrocioussickeningnauseating
   • 3. rough; bristling: archaic "a horrid beard"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘rough, bristling’): from Latin horridus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. horridly adverb
   • 2. horridness noun

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   What does it mean if someone is horrid?

   • If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way toward other people. I must have been a horrid little girl. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Archaic 2. 3. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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   What does horridness mean?

   • 1. such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable. 2. extremely unpleasant or disagreeable; nasty. 3. Archaic. bristling; rough. hor′rid•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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   What does horrid mean in a sentence?

   • When it’s used to describe a person, it often means extremely disagreeable or cruel. Much less commonly, it can mean literally causing horror— horrifying or horrific. Example: Everyone seems to like that restaurant, but I had a horrid experience there—bad food and even worse service.

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   Where did the word 'horrid' come from?

   • The first records of the word horrid come from the late 1500s. It comes from the Latin horridus, which means “prickly” or “rough” and ultimately derives from the Latin verb horrēre, meaning “to tremble” or “to bristle with fear” (a reference to one’s hair standing on end due to extreme fear).

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   Horrid means unpleasant or unkind, or very bad or unpleasant. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation, and translations in different languages.

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   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.

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   Horrid means very unpleasant, repulsive, or unkind. It can describe something or someone. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples, and word origin of horrid.

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   Horrid means extremely bad, awful, or horrible, or literally causing horror. It comes from the Latin horridus, meaning "prickly" or "rough", and is related to the word horror.

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   Horrid means unpleasant or unkind, or very bad or unpleasant. Learn how to use this old-fashioned informal adjective with synonyms, antonyms, and examples from various sources.

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