horrid

adjective

ˈhȯr-əd How to pronounce horrid (audio)
Definition of horridnext
1
as in horrible
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment accused him of stealing and said mean and horrid things about him

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2
as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent found a cure for the horrid disease

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Recent Examples of horrid Of course, this horrid wave of diarrhea-inflicting illness wasn’t dumped from the sky by a crown-sporting octogenarian president zooming around in a fighter jet. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026 The horrid digital-botox prologue feels like an explosion at the Unnecessary Cameo Factory. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 While the gummies themselves weren’t old, the smell and the taste are horrid. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for horrid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrid
  1. horrible
  2. horrific
  3. awful
  4. gruesome
  5. ugly
  6. terrible
  7. disgusting
  8. shocking
Adjective
  • There’s a big data center that just came to my community not long ago and their community engagement was horrible, absolutely horrible.
    — Dustin DeSoto, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026
  • After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible.
    — Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of horrible
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  • There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier.
    — Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of horrific
Adjective
  • Jake Bauers has been awful for most of his career, but graduated in 2018 as a top-50 prospect.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Trailing 12-0 after its awful start, BC scored the next 14 points, jumping in front on McKenzie’s 11-yard score to Javarius Green.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of awful
Adjective
  • Among protesters, particularly gruesome wounds suffered by some teenagers have been blamed on police riot-control weapons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Mars Attacks, released in 1962, was a huge hit with kids, though many parents objected to the gruesome artwork of Martians eviscerating Earthlings.
    — Bob Woods, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of gruesome
Adjective
  • My right pants leg was gone and among the smaller cuts an ugly gash puckered at me from the calf.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The first attempts at a foldable smartphone in the 2010s from other companies tended to be fragile and not all that useful, with a big, ugly crease in the center interrupting the experience.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ugly
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  • The second storyline takes place in 2026 and concerns the murder of none other than Hal Jordan, who returned to Rushville as a social pariah after the terrible events that transpired 10 years before.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Eagles are struggling, the Cowboys look terrible, and the Giants don’t have a quarterback.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of terrible
Adjective
  • That’s likely to inspire either affection or immediate exhaustion, depending on your fondness for the infamously disgusting performance group.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026
  • People tend to think of waste as trash, sewage, slag, manure and other seemingly useless or disgusting substances.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of disgusting
Adjective
  • The series is notorious for its shocking plot twists (many of which bring dramatic, fatal ends to important characters).
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Bajaria is said to have attended the town hall that Head of Scripted, UCAN Jinny Howe held Wednesday afternoon amid the layoffs, making her exit today feel abrupt and shocking to staffers.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shocking

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“Horrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrid. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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