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Definition of Horrid

Horrid

Rough; rugged; bristling.

Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.

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Horrid Quotations

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
Thomas Paine

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
Thomas Carlyle

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
Thomas Carlyle

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
Henry James

You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.
Paul Tsongas

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.
Mary McCarthy

The horrid mystery hanging over us in this house gets into my head like liquor, and makes me wild.
Wilkie Collins

The souls you have got cast upon the screen of publicity appear like the horrid and writhing creatures enlarged from the insect world, and revealed to us by the cinematograph.
James Larkin

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Horrid Translations

horrid in German is greulich, grauenvoll
horrid in Norwegian is redselsfull, vemmelig

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