horrid
/ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/ adjective C1- Causing horror or dread.
- Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable. · horrid weather· The other girls in class are always horrid to Jane.
Comparative horrider · Superlative horridest
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Darzee and his wife only cowered down in the nest without answering, for from the thick grass at the foot of the bush there came a low hiss--a horrid cold sound that made Rikki-tikki jump back two clear feet.
This morning when I left the asylum I felt so ashamed because I had to wear this horrid old wincey dress.
Phillips will make me sit with that horrid Gertie Pye--I know he will because she is sitting alone.
“I wouldn’t be likely to boast of it if he did, the horrid creature!
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