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- Dictionaryhorrid/ˈhɒrɪd/
adjective
- 1. very unpleasant or disagreeable: "the teachers at school were horrid" Similar Opposite
- 2. causing horror: "a horrid nightmare" Similar
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adjective. us / ˈhɔr·ɪd, ˈhɑr- / Add to word list. very bad or unpleasant: It was a horrid purple color which she detested. (Definition of horrid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of horrid.
The meaning of HORRID is innately offensive or repulsive. How to use horrid in a sentence.
adjective. such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable. extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: horrid weather; She thought her uncle was horrid. Synonyms: nasty, abominable, odious, vile. Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough. horrid. / ˈhɒrɪd / adjective. disagreeable; unpleasant. a horrid meal. repulsive or frightening. informal.
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. You might cover your eyes during a particularly horrid scene in a scary movie, or skip past the horrid photos of a war zone in the newspaper.
1. disagreeable; unpleasant: a horrid meal. 2. repulsive or frightening. 3. informal unkind. [C16 (in the sense: bristling, shaggy): from Latin horridus prickly, rough, from horrēre to bristle] ˈhorridly adv. ˈhorridness n.
If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way towards other people.
If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way toward other people.
HORRID meaning: very unpleasant or unkind: . Learn more.
very unpleasant or disagreeable:. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
Definition of horrid adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
