English Explanatory Dictionary

horrid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bristling, rough, rugged.
  2. Causing horror or dread.
  3. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.
adv
  1. Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-horrid.wav /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/ en-us-horrid.ogg /ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/

Word forms

horrid horrider more horrid horridest most horrid

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Italic *horzēō Latin horreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin horridusbor. English horrid Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

Synonyms

abominable alarming appalling awful dire dreadful frightful harrowing hideous horrible revolting shocking terrific affreux spine-tingling eldritch buggish butt-clenching buttock-clenching dismayful fearful flaysome flesh-crawling formidable freaky frightening frightensome ghastly ghostly grisly hair-curling hair-raising horrid horrific horrifying horripilating pulse-pounding scaring scary skin-crawling terrible terrifying terrorsome

Derived words

horridly horridness horridsome
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