Horrid — Hor rid, a. [L. horridus. See {Horror}, and cf. {Ordure}.] 1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
horrid — may be seen as the least emphatic in a series of adjectives meaning ‘disagreeable’ which proceed with increasing severity to horrible and horrifying. Horrendous and horrific, once stronger still than any of these, have lost much of their power… … Modern English usage
Horrīd — (lat.), starrend, rauh, struppig, ungeschlacht; Horridität, Rauheit, Struppigkeit etc … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Horrid — Horrīd (lat.), starrend, rauh, schauerlich; Horridität, Rauheit, Schauerlichkeit … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
horrid — index deplorable, dire, disastrous, disreputable, heinous, lamentable, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious … Law dictionary
horrid — *horrible, horrific, horrendous Analogous words: distasteful, repellent, *repugnant, obnoxious: loathsome, *offensive, revolting, repulsive Antonyms: delightful Contrasted words: attractive, alluring, fascinating, charming (see under ATTRACT):… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
horrid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) causing horror. 2) informal very unpleasant. DERIVATIVES horridly adverb horridness noun … English terms dictionary
horrid — [hôr′id, här′id] adj. [L horridus < horrere, to bristle, shake, be afraid < IE base * ĝhers , to bristle > GORSE] 1. Archaic bristling; shaggy; rough 2. causing a feeling of horror; terrible; revolting 3. very bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc … English World dictionary
horrid — adj. 1) horrid to 2) horrid to + inf. (it s horrid of you to tease them like that) * * * [ hɒrɪd] horrid to horrid to + inf. (it s horrid of you to tease them like that) … Combinatory dictionary
horrid — [[t]hɒ̱rɪd, AM hɔ͟ːr [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something as horrid, you mean that it is very unpleasant indeed. [INFORMAL] What a horrid smell!... The winter was horrid. Syn: horrible 2) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If you describe someone… … English dictionary
