horrid

hor·rid  (hôrd, hr-)

adj.

1. Causing horror; dreadful.

2. Extremely disagreeable; offensive.

3. Archaic Bristling; rough.

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[Alteration (influenced by Latin horridus, bristling) of Middle English horred, past participle of horren, to bristle, from Latin horrre, to tremble, bristle.]

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horrid·ly adv.

horrid·ness n.

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horrid [ˈhɒrɪd]

adj

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]

horridly  adv

horridness  n

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horrible, horror, horrid - Horrible, horror, and horrid are from Latin horrere, "stand on end" (hair) or "tremble, shudder," and the original sense of horrid was "bristly, shaggy, rough."

See also related terms for horror.

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horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid - In decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid.

See also related terms for horror.

Thesaurus

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"

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horrid

adjective

1. (Informal) unpleasant, terrible, awful, offensive, nasty, disgusting, horrible, dreadful, obscene, disagreeable, yucky or yukky (slang) What a horrid smell!

2. (Informal) nasty, dreadful, horrible, mean, unkind, cruel, beastly (informal) I must have been a horrid little girl.

Translations

horrid [ˈhɒrɪd] ADJ (= disagreeable, unpleasant) → horrible; (= horrifying) → horroroso; (= unkind) → antipático
to be horrid to sb → tratar a algn muy mal, portarse muy mal con algn
don't be horrid! → ¡no seas antipático!
you horrid thing! → ¡qué malo!, ¡qué antipático!

horrid [ˈhɒrɪd] adj

[person] → méchant(e), désagréable
to be horrid to sb → être méchant(e) avec qn

[thing] → horrible

horrid

adj → entsetzlich, fürchterlich, schrecklich; don’t be so horrid → sei nicht so gemein (inf)

horrid [ˈhɒrɪd] adj (unpleasant, person) → odioso/a, antipatico/a; (thing, weather) → orribile, orrendo/a; (meal) → schifoso/a; (unkind) → cattivo/a