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horrid.

Bristling, rough, rugged.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/UK/ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/General-American/ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/New-York-City, Philadelphia

  1. Bristling, rough, rugged.

    archaic

  2. Causing horror or dread.

  3. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.

    horrid weather
    The other girls in class are always horrid to Jane.
Where this word comes from

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.

adv/ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/UK/ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/General-American/ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/New-York-City, Philadelphia

  1. Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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.

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