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HORRID
horrid
(adjective) exceedingly bad; “when she was bad she was horrid”
hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous
(adjective) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; “subjected to outrageous cruelty”; “a hideous pattern of injustice”; “horrific conditions in the mining industry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
horrid (comparative horrider or more horrid, superlative horridest or most horrid)
(archaic) Bristling, rough, rugged.
Causing horror or dread.
Synonym: Thesaurus:frightening
Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.
Usage notes
• According to OED, horrid and horrible were originally almost synonymous, but in modern use horrid is somewhat less strong and tending towards the "offensive, disagreeable" sense.
Synonyms
• abominable
• alarming
• appalling
• awful
• dire
• dreadful
• frightful
• harrowing
• hideous
• horrible
• revolting
• shocking
• terrific
Source: Wiktionary
Hor"rid, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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