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

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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

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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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