Definitions for horrid
ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr-hor·rid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. horridadjective

   exceedingly bad

   "when she was bad she was horrid"

2. hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageousadjective

   grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

   "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. horridadjective

   bristling, rough, rugged

2. horridadjective

   causing horror or dread

3. horridadjective

   offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable

4. Etymology: From horridus, from horrere. See horrent, horror, ordure

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HORRIDadjective

   Etymology: horridus, Latin.

   1. Hideous; dreadful; shocking.

   Oh!
   Give colour to my pale cheek with thy blood,
   That we the horrider may seem to those
   Which chance to find us. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Not in the legions
   Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn’d,
   In evils to top Macbeth. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. Shocking; offensive; unpleasing: in womens cant.

   Already I your tears survey,
   Already hear the horrid things they say. Alexander Pope.

   3. Rough; rugged.

   Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn,
   Few paths of human feet or tracks of beasts were worn. Dry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Horridadjective

   rough; rugged; bristling

2. Horridadjective

   fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Horrid

   hor′id, adj. fitted to produce horror: shocking: offensive.—adv. Horr′idly.—n. Horr′idness. [L. horridus—horrēre, to bristle.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrid in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of horrid in a Sentence

1. President Trump:

   We're the federal government. We're not supposed to stand on street corners doing testing, you should say,' Congratulations, great job,' instead of being so horrid in the way you ask a question.

2. Randy Levine:

   I don’t even want to think about that. That’s a mind-boggling, horrid thought. Shame on all of us if it gets to that.

3. Jonathan Blake:

   There was this absolute fear about what was befalling seemingly healthy gay men, who would suddenly take ill for no apparent reason and die in appalling circumstances, your head is messed up, you have this killer virus coursing through your veins, you feel like a pariah... HIV was considered a gay plague that we (gay men) had brought upon ourselves - it was horrid.

4. Tal Winter:

   It’s bad for my health, it’s horrid for the environment and it’s also really ugly, it’s like a garbage accordion.

5. Lord Byron:

   How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm I thank thee, night for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

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