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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

   Scrabble Points: 10

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