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horrid

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hor·rid  (hôrd, hr-)
adj.
1. Causing horror; dreadful.
2. Extremely disagreeable; offensive.
3. Archaic Bristling; rough.
[Alteration (influenced by Latin horridus, bristling) of Middle English horred, past participle of horren, to bristle, from Latin horrre, to tremble, bristle.]
horrid·ly adv.
horrid·ness n.
horrid
Adjective
1. disagreeable or unpleasant: it had been a horrid day at school
2. Informal (of a person) unkind and nasty: her horrid parents [Latin horridus prickly]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.horrid - exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
2.horrid - grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
hideous, horrific, outrageous
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
horrid
adjective 1. (Informal) unpleasant, terrible, awful, offensive, nasty, disgusting, horrible, dreadful, obscene, disagreeable, yucky or yukky (slang) yucko Austral. (slang)
adjective 2. (Informal) nasty, dreadful, horrible, mean, unkind, cruel, beastly (informal)
Translations
horrid [ˈhɔrɪd] adj → horrible, horroroso
horrid [ˈhɔrɪd] adj [person] → détestable; [weather, place, smell] → épouvantable
horrid [ˈhɔrɪd] adj → entsetzlich, schrecklich
horrid [ˈhɔrɪd] adj → orrido/a; [person] → antipatico/a


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