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   Hor·rid

   /ˈhôrəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. very unpleasant or disagreeable: "the teachers at school were horrid" Similar nastyhorribledisagreeableunpleasantawfuldreadfulterribleappallinghorrendousdisgustingfoulrevoltingrepulsiverepellentghastlyobnoxioushatefulodiousobjectionableoffensiveinsufferablevileloathsomeabhorrentinformal:frightfullousygodawfulhellishbeastlygrottybitchycattybogginghellaciousarchaic:disgustfulloathlyrare:rebarbativeOpposite pleasantagreeable
   • 2. causing horror: "a horrid nightmare" Similar horrifyinghorriblehorrifichorrendousdreadfulfrightfulfearfulawfulterribleshockingappallinghideousgrimgrislyghastlyharrowinggruesomeheinousvilenightmarishmacabreunspeakablehair-raisingspine-chillingloathsomemonstrousabhorrentdetestablehatefulexecrableabominableatrocioussickeningnauseating
   • 3. rough; bristling: archaic "a horrid beard"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘rough, bristling’): from Latin horridus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. horridly adverb
   • 2. horridness noun

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   What does horrid mean?

   • The other pupils were horrid to him. (Definition of horrid from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 令人不愉快的, 不友好的… 令人不愉快的, 不友好的… horroroso, malo, horrible… horroroso, cruel, feio… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! HORRID meaning: very unpleasant or unkind: . Learn more.

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   Where did the word horrid come from?

   • Origin horrid (1500-1600) Latin horridus “rough, hairy”, from horrere; → HORROR horrid meaning, definition, what is horrid: very unpleasant: Learn more.

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   What is the Latin word for a horrid thing?

   • From Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure Get out of here you horrid thing! A horrid business dragging these corpses about with one!

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   What does a horrid smell mean?

   • What a horrid smell! If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way toward other people. I must have been a horrid little girl. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Archaic 2. 3. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   adjective. us / ˈhɔr·ɪd, ˈhɑr- / Add to word list. very bad or unpleasant: It was a horrid purple color which she detested. (Definition of horrid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of horrid.

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   horrid. adjective. uk/ˈhɒrɪd/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. very unpleasant or unkind: The other pupils were horrid to him. (Definition of horrid from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way toward other people.

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   May 31, 2024 · If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way toward other people.

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   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] ˈhorridly adv. ˈhorridness n.

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