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Antonyms for horrid
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hawr-id, hor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr- |
Definition of horrid
Origin :- early 15c., "hairy, shaggy, bristling," from Latin horridus "bristly, prickly, rough, horrid, frightful," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Meaning "horrible, causing horror" is from c.1600. Sense weakened 17c. to "unpleasant, offensive."
- [W]hile both [horrible and horrid] are much used in the trivial sense of disagreeable, horrible is still quite common in the graver sense inspiring horror, which horrid tends to lose .... [Fowler]
- Related: Horridly.
- adj offensive
- adj horrible
- I say, Mart, what is the use in being so horrid cross all the time?
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- You should have told me all about this horrid thing in the first place.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The smell of burning flesh was in the air, and horrid shrieks.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- I hate to do it; for I shall have to show my ankles in these horrid trowsers.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various
- I took the whip from our young driver and lashed the horrid animals as hard as I could.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The pig in his pen possessed for her the most horrid fascination.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
- Edwin turned his eyes upon the horrid monster; he grasped his boarspear in his hand.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He addressed himself to the figure with the immobile, horrid face.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- They must have thought me so horrid for not having written before.
- Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
- How silly to have fancied that such a horrid mess of colour was herself!
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for horrid
- abhorrent
- abominable
- abusive
- annoying
- appalling
- atrocious
- awful
- beastly
- biting
- bloodcurdling
- cruel
- cutting
- detestable
- disagreeable
- discourteous
- disgusting
- distasteful
- dreadful
- eerie
- embarrassing
- evil
- execrable
- fearful
- foul
- frightful
- ghastly
- grim
- grisly
- gross
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- heinous
- hideous
- horrible
- horrific
- impertinent
- insolent
- invidious
- irritating
- loathsome
- lou
- nasty
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