horrid
adjective
[ ˈhɒrɪd ]
• very unpleasant or disagreeable.
• "the teachers at school were horrid"
Similar:
nasty,
horrible,
disagreeable,
unpleasant,
awful,
dreadful,
terrible,
appalling,
horrendous,
disgusting,
foul,
revolting,
repulsive,
repellent,
ghastly,
obnoxious,
hateful,
odious,
objectionable,
offensive,
insufferable,
vile,
loathsome,
abhorrent,
frightful,
lousy,
godawful,
hellish,
beastly,
grotty,
bitchy,
catty,
bogging,
hellacious,
disgustful,
loathly,
rebarbative,
• causing horror.
• "a horrid nightmare"
Similar:
horrifying,
horrible,
horrific,
horrendous,
dreadful,
frightful,
fearful,
awful,
terrible,
shocking,
appalling,
hideous,
grim,
grisly,
ghastly,
harrowing,
gruesome,
heinous,
vile,
nightmarish,
macabre,
unspeakable,
hair-raising,
spine-chilling,
loathsome,
monstrous,
abhorrent,
detestable,
hateful,
execrable,
abominable,
atrocious,
sickening,
nauseating,
• rough; bristling.
• "a horrid beard"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘rough, bristling’): from Latin horridus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end’.
