horrid

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hor·rid /ˈhɒrɪd $ ˈhɔː-, ˈhɑː-/ adjectiveadj especially British EnglishBrE

1 UNPLEASANT informal very unpleasant 令人非常不快的 SYN nasty

a horrid smell

极难闻的气味

2 UNKIND old-fashioned behaving in a nasty unkind way 极不友好的

Don’t be so horrid!

别那么凶！

Examples from the Corpus

horrid• By the July Fourth holiday, conditions in the forest probably will have deteriorated beyond horrid.• The dogs were raised in horrid conditions.• Every soldier in the field saw crippling and horrid injuries, and one can imagine the impact that had.• He was always a horrid little boy for all his pretty face, and now he's a horrid man.• a horrid little boy• Her uterus became distended, causing her horrid pain.• A slithering of chains, a horrid steel-on-stone sound, and three steps to match.• They have a horrid vision of Mr John Smith raising inflation from the dead with the blessing of our Euro-competitors.

Origin horrid

(1500-1600) Latin horridus “rough, hairy”, from horrere; → HORROR

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BNC: 14986 COCA: 17286

horrid

Extremely unpleasant: horrible, dreadful, disgusting...

Making you feel shocked or appalled: shocking, appalling, outrageous...