Horrid Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Horrid

Learn about the word Horrid to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Horrid definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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"

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Retrospective ‐ an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life…
Bandtail ‐ wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the…
Douglass ‐ United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became…
Stanza ‐ a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit…
Calypter ‐ scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter…
Lycia ‐ an ancient region on the coast of southwest…
To one ear ‐ in a monaural manner; "the stimuli were presented…
Rachet up ‐ move by degrees in one direction only, as of…
Rudder ‐ (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical…
Oxidase ‐ any of the enzymes that catalyze biological…