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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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as in horrific
extremely disturbing or repellent
found a cure for the horrid disease
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Recent Examples of horrid
Ameer Abdullah and Dylan Laube are the next healthy options on the depth chart as the Raiders crawl to the finish line of a horrid 2-11 season.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Then, an absolutely horrid third quarter stretch snowballed as the Phoenix Mercury came roaring back to defeat the Sparks 85-81, handing them their eighth consecutive loss, tying a franchise record to close out their home schedule.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
After a horrid start to the season, the Bucks have won 12 of their last 15 games.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
The Cleveland Browns, amid their horrid season, have sent Cooper to the Buffalo Bills, according to multiple reports.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Then, an absolutely horrid third quarter stretch snowballed as the Phoenix Mercury came roaring back to defeat the Sparks 85-81, handing them their eighth consecutive loss, tying a franchise record to close out their home schedule.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
After a horrid start to the season, the Bucks have won 12 of their last 15 games.
—Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
The Cleveland Browns, amid their horrid season, have sent Cooper to the Buffalo Bills, according to multiple reports.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrid
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But any Three Mile Island-style tech meltdown would come with awful collateral damage.Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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After missing 27 games with a left hamstring strain, Zion Williamson returned to the court on Tuesday night and provided one of the few gratifying moments the New Orleans Pelicans could savor during an awful season.William Guillory, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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This individual’s conduct and language were vile, disgusting, unacceptable, and horrific and have no place in our workplace and society.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
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One measure passed also looks for long-term recovery plans, referring to work from Santa Rosa and Maui, which have also experienced similar horrific tragedies recently.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Given this area’s rich history with horrible weather and big events at this time of year, there is still a chance that the Cotton Bowl will be postponed until Saturday.Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025
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How horrible for my sweet little nephews to watch their house disappear like this.Becca Longmire, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ten people were murdered in the New York City subway system last year — including the recent, random and gruesome immolation of a homeless New Jersey woman asleep on a Brooklyn train — up from five murders in 2023.Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Did Hawthorne base these characters on the Rev. Ephraim Avery and his young congregant Sarah Maria Cornell, whose gruesome death in 1832 in Fall River, 50 miles south of Boston, shocked all of New England?Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Things did get ugly a few years later, with the Mexican-American war.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Year 3 has been ugly — his five-on-five points per 60 have nearly been cut in half (2.57 to 1.32), as has his primary assist rate (1.17 to 0.55).Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The start of the Palisades and Eaton Fires was a case of terrible timing: A drought had turned abundant vegetation into crisp fire fuel, and the winter rains were absent.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Los Angeles wildfires have been a terrible tragedy.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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This woman is just an awful, disgusting person in general.Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Regardless of who wins, social media will be abuzz with the postgame mayo shower, which is either good comedy or downright disgusting, depending on your tolerance for condiments getting poured on people.Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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On Monday, in a shocking move, Disney announced a deal to merge its Hulu + Live TV service with competitor Fubo.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
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In fact, the difference is actually pretty shocking.Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Horrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrid. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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