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Horrid

Horrid Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Horrid? [adj] exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid" [adj] grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Horrid: bad \| hideous \| horrific \| offensive \| outrageous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Horrid: abhorrent \| abominable \| appalling \| arrant \| astounding \| atrocious \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awful \| baneful \| base \| beastly \| beneath contempt \| blameworthy \| brutal \| contemptible \| deplorable \| despicable \| detestable \| dire \| direful \| disgusting \| dread \| dreaded \| dreadful \| egregious \| enormous \| fell \| fetid \| filthy \| flagrant \| forbidding \| formidable \| foul \| frightful \| fulsome \| ghastly \| ghoulish \| grievous \| grim \| grisly \| gross \| gruesome \| hateful \| heinous \| hideous \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrific \| horrifying \| infamous \| lamentable \| loathsome \| lousy \| lurid \| macabre \| monstrous \| morbid \| nasty \| nefarious \| noisome \| notorious \| obnoxious \| odious \| offensive \| outrageous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| rank \| redoubtable \| regrettable \| repellent \| repelling \| reprehensible \| repugnant \| repulsive \| revolting \| rotten \| sad \| scandalous \| schlock \| schrecklich \| scurvy \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| sordid \| squalid \| terrible \| terrific \| terrifying \| too bad \| tragic \| tremendous \| unclean \| unspeakable \| vile \| villainous \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wretched See Also \| Horrid In Webster's Dictionary \Hor"rid\, a. [L. horridus. See {Horror}, and cf. {Ordure}.] 1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. --Dryden. 2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive. Not in the legions Of horrid hell. --Shak. The horrid things they say. --Pope. Syn: Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.

Horrid Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Horrid?

[adj] exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"
[adj] grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

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Horrid In Webster's Dictionary

\Hor"rid\, a. [L. horridus. See {Horror}, and cf.
{Ordure}.]
1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic]

         Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn.
                                               --Dryden.

2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking;
   hence, very offensive.

         Not in the legions Of horrid hell.    --Shak.

         The horrid things they say.           --Pope.

Syn: Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful;
     terrific; horrible; abominable.

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