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Synonyms for horrid
ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr-hor·rid

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. horridadjective

    Synonyms:
    abominable, dreadful, revolting, terrific, horrible, hideous, appalling, harrowing, frightful, alarming, dire, awful, shocking

  2. horridadjective

    bristling, rough, rugged

    Synonyms:
    awful, appalling, dreadful, terrific, alarming, revolting, hideous, dire, frightful, horrible, abominable, harrowing, shocking

  3. horridadjective

    causing horror or dread

    Synonyms:
    horrible, harrowing, terrific, abominable, dreadful, dire, hideous, alarming, revolting, awful, shocking, frightful, appalling

  4. horridadjective

    offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable

    Synonyms:
    terrific, awful, alarming, shocking, harrowing, revolting, appalling, dreadful, horrible, hideous, abominable, frightful, dire

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. horridadjective

    exceedingly bad

    "when she was bad she was horrid"

    Synonyms:
    outrageous, hideous, horrific

    Antonyms:
    inoffensive, good

  2. hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageousadjective

    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

    "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

    Synonyms:
    dread(a), fearsome, hideous, extortionate, direful, terrible, horrific, dreaded, dire, unconscionable, fearful, frightening, horrendous, awful, usurious, exorbitant, dreadful, outrageous, repulsive, steep

    Antonyms:
    inoffensive, good

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. horridadjective

    Synonyms:
    offensive, detestable, horrible

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "horrid":

    horrible, awful, terrible, horrific, naughty, hideous

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#6918terrible
#7689ugly
#8139naughty
#8709horrible
#9775awful
#12244terrific
#12815steep
#14061shocking
#14856grim
#16120dire
#17155outrageous
#17452awkward
#18616unpleasant
#20756frightening
#21931disgusting
#22989fearful
#23144alarming
#23190dreadful
#26052horrific
#27446dreaded
#28776clumsy
#29891appalling
#30944deformed
#30977hideous
#36903grotesque
#37348horrid
#38864horrendous
#43152repulsive
#44050harrowing
#45066unattractive
#47042ghastly
#51404abominable
#51495fearsome
#54515frightful
#55433exorbitant
#57592odious
#58157grisly
#58305revolting
#62476unconscionable
#98549uncouth
#121797ungainly
#144385extortionate
#195123usurious
#212513unlovely

How to use horrid in a sentence?

  1. Jonathan Blake:

    Your head is messed up, you have this killer virus coursing through your veins, you feel like a pariah... HIV was considered a gay plague that we (gay men) had brought upon ourselves - it was horrid.

  2. Tal Winter:

    It’s bad for my health, it’s horrid for the environment and it’s also really ugly, it’s like a garbage accordion.

  3. Lord Byron:

    How sweet and soothing is this hour of calm I thank thee, night for thou has chased away these horrid bodements which, amidst the throng, I could not dissipate and with the blessing of thy benign and quiet influence now will I to my couch, although to rest is almost wronging such a night as this.

  4. Henry James:

    Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

  5. President Trump:

    We're the federal government. We're not supposed to stand on street corners doing testing, you should say,' Congratulations, great job,' instead of being so horrid in the way you ask a question.


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