horrid

hor-rid · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Very unpleasant or disagreeable; causing a feeling of disgust.

  2. 2.

    (British, informal) Unkind or nasty.

  3. 3.

    (Literary) Causing horror; terrifying.

Related words

Antonyms: delightful, lovely, pleasant, wonderful
See also: dreadful, horrible, horror, nasty
Synonyms: awful, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, nasty

Etymology

From Latin horridus ("rough, bristling, shaggy, dreadful"), from horrere ("to bristle, shudder"). Originally meant "rough" or "bristling" before acquiring its modern sense of "horrible."