horrid

Definitions


[ˈhɒrɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- very unpleasant or disagreeable
(e.g: the teachers at school were horrid)

- rough; bristling
(e.g: a horrid beard)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘rough, bristling’): from Latin horridus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end’




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