1
as in awful
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
accused him of stealing and said mean and horrid things about him
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2
as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
found a cure for the horrid disease
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Recent Examples of horrid
Jones’ is highly effective as her Lady Anne settles on a delightful balance of power and pain, while Goldstein portrays her Elizabeth with necessary devastation inside a desperate and horrid situation.
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
Compressed learning continues to exact a horrid cost.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Making the Great White North our fifty first state is a particularly horrid idea.
—Walter E Block, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
But despite his horrid start, Morton has rewarded the Orioles for sticking to their guns, and the righty has posted a 3.09 ERA in his last 59 innings leading into the All-Star break.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
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David John Chávez, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
Compressed learning continues to exact a horrid cost.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Making the Great White North our fifty first state is a particularly horrid idea.
—Walter E Block, Oc Register, 21 July 2025
But despite his horrid start, Morton has rewarded the Orioles for sticking to their guns, and the righty has posted a 3.09 ERA in his last 59 innings leading into the All-Star break.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrid
Adjective
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Don’t rely on an aesthetic that most people can easily see is awful.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Traveling down a dirt road in the park, the men heard the awful sound of a tire on the RV going flat.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The less unique Ripley’s horrific encounter becomes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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In the end, the book circles back to the Jewish search for a home after the catastrophe of World War II and, in just a few potent pages, the consequent suffering of the Palestinians, magnified by the current horrific destruction underway in Gaza.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As a Minneapolis resident and Minnesota native, these past few days have been horrible.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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However, in the immediate aftermath of something horrible, when everyone feels helpless, prayer can be a good place to go at the start, said Collins.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Galpin’s storyline does conclude in Episode 2 of Wednesday Season 2, Part 1 as the lonely man dies a gruesome death, discovered by Wednesday.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
8 Aug. 2025
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And part of his interaction with the public had become a rather gruesome tradition: Osbourne would throw pieces of raw meat and animal parts, including intestines and liver.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
23 July 2025
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The stan fighting quickly turned ugly; a fan posted a racist meme of Huda as the police officer who murdered George Floyd, with Olandria’s face pasted on Floyd’s.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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This obviously created some hard feelings and things got very ugly.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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While the latter is known for its legendarily terrible English localization, both of these were highly innovative horizontal scrolling shmups for their time.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Whether your team is in the middle of a winning run or mired in terrible form, five minutes looking at the standings can convince you that a hundred different futures are possible.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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One of the guests makes a disgusting joke involving the boat and lubricant.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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The show tells the story of Dexter Procter, a 10-year-old paediatrician and the world’s youngest-ever doctor trying to solve – frequently disgusting – medical mysteries, save his job, and find his place in the world.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps the biggest moment was her shocking termination as principal, which not only upset her fictional colleagues but also viewers.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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In a shocking turn of events, Weems is Wednesday’s new spirit guide, or figure from beyond death who will help Wednesday with her psychic visions.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Horrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrid. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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