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horrid

  (hôr'ĭd, hŏr'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Causing horror; dreadful.
  2. Extremely disagreeable; offensive.
  3. Archaic. Bristling; rough.

[Alteration (influenced by Latin horridus, bristling) of Middle English horred, past participle of horren, to bristle, from Latin horrēre, to tremble, bristle.]

horridly hor'rid·ly adv.
horridness hor'rid·ness n.
 
 
Thesaurus: horrid

adjective

  1. Causing great horror: bloodcurdling, hair-raising, horrible, horrific, terrific. See fear/courage.
  2. Extremely unpleasant to the senses or feelings: atrocious, disgusting, foul, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repellent, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unwholesome, vile. See like/dislike, pain/pleasure.
  3. Shockingly repellent: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre. See beautiful/ugly.

 
WordNet: horrid
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: exceedingly bad

Meaning #2: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
  Synonyms: hideous, horrific, outrageous


 
Translations: Translations for: Horrid

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rædselsfuld, afskyelig, ækel

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontzettend, vreselijk, schokkend

Français (French)
adj. - affreux, méchant avec qn (arch), épouvantable (arch)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - grauenvoll

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποκρουστικός, φρικτός, κακός

Italiano (Italian)
orrido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - revoltante, desagradável

Русский (Russian)
противный, ужасающий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - horrible, horroroso, antipático

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - avskyvärd, vidrig, hemsk, ryslig, nedrig, borstig (poet.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
可怕的, 毛骨悚然的, 极可厌的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可怕的, 毛骨悚然的, 極可厭的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무서운, 매우 불쾌한, 지겨운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恐ろしい, 不愉快な, ひどい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بشع أو مروع, كريه أو بغيض أو ردئ إلى أقسى حد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮איום, נורא‬


 
 

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