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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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The meaning of HORRID is innately offensive or repulsive. How to use horrid in a sentence.
horrid | American Dictionary. 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.
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.
If you describe someone as horrid, you mean that they behave in a very unpleasant way towards other people.
In conversation, people use horrible and horrid to show their dislike for someone or something. These words can be used to describe almost anything which is unpleasant, ugly, disgusting, or depressing.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word horrid. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Definition of horrid adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adverb. HORRID meaning: 1 : very shocking or bad; 2 : very unpleasant.
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent , horror , ordure
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.
