horrid
hor·rid
horrid · horrider · horridest
жахливий, страшний, грізний
ужасный, страшный, отвратительный
furchtbar, schrecklich, miserabel
Causing horror or dreadCausing horror or dread.
Meaning
3 sensesCausing horror or dread.
страшныйstrašnyj, ужасныйužasnyj
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.
horrid weather
The other girls in class are always horrid to Jane.
ужасныйužasnyj, отвратительныйotvratitelʹnyj
(archaic)Bristling, rough, rugged.
Examples
9 sentencesWhat a horrid smell!
ruКакой ужасный запах! — marafon
What a horrid thought!
What a horrid place!
She claims to have horrid visions at night.
The ivy is good because it obscures those horrid cables.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
causing horror or dread:
offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bBorrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.
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Forms
horrider/more horrid, horridest/most horrid| Comparative | horrider / more horrid Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | horridest / most horrid Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
44 synonymsappallingC1awfulA2dreadfulB2formidableB2frighteningA2ghostlyC1horribleB1scaryB1shockingB1terribleA1terrifyingB2terrificB1affreuxalarming
Close in meaning
- grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror:hideoushorrificoutrageous
Word family
3 related wordsRelatedhorridness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form