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Horrid

Horrid Meaning & Definition
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

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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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