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Definition of horrid adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

horrid

adjective
 
/ˈhɒrɪd/
 
/ˈhɔːrɪd/
(old-fashioned or informal, especially British English)
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  1. very unpleasant or unkind synonym horrible
    • a horrid child
    • a horrid smell
    • Don't be so horrid to your brother.
    • The meat tasted horrid.
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘rough, bristling’): from Latin horridus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end’.
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