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horrid
What does horrid mean?
horrid (adjective): exceedingly bad.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use horrid in a sentence?
- When she was bad she was horrid. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce horrid?
/ˈhɔɹəd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does horrid come from?
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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