horrid

[hor·rid]

Horrid things are absolutely dreadful they horrify or disgust you. A horrid dream can make you wake with a gasp and lie there with your heart pounding.

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Rough; rugged; bristling.

Adjective S.
exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

Adjective S.
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"


a.
Rough; rugged; bristling.

a.
Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.


Horrid

Hor"rid , a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.] 1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic]
Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn.
2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.
Not in the legions Of horrid hell.
The horrid things they say.
Syn. -- Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.

Rough; rugged; bristling.

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Usage Examples

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

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Other Usage Examples

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

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