horrid
adjective
, ˈhär-\
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abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, rancid, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shocking, sickening, ugly
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But in Philadelphia, what looked like a catastrophe in the making after a horrid first week for Kapler has stabilized and soared. — Si.com Staff, SI.com, "Nine Innings: David Price's New Vantage Point, Joe Mauer's Hall of Fame Candidacy and a Possible Reboot of the '86 Postseason," 16 Apr. 2018 The victims at Herculaneum appear to have met a similar horrid fate, according to Petrone and his colleagues. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Extreme heat of Vesuvius eruption vaporized body fluids, exploded skulls," 9 Oct. 2018 Still believing in Arcia: Despite demoting Arcia for the second time, general manager David Stearns expressed faith that the young shortstop would rebound from his horrid season at the plate. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Notes: Nate Orf gets first call to big leagues; Brewers option reliever Aaron Wilkerson," 2 July 2018 One of the issues throughout the team’s terrible stretch: a horrid defense. — Josh Robbins, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando Magic draft center Mohamed Bamba," 22 June 2018 One of the few members of this squad old enough to remember that horrid time is Luka Modric. — SI.com, "Pride and Passion: Croatia's Unrelenting Fighting Spirit Continues to Carry National Hope," 12 July 2018 HORRID HALF Cincinnati led 34-20 at the end of a first half featuring horrid shooting — SMU 30 made percent from the field, UC 28 percent. — USA TODAY, "No. 19 Cincinnati overcomes poor shooting, beats SMU 76-56," 7 Jan. 2018 Yes, all nations deserve recovery and redemption from a horrid past. — The Christian Science Monitor, "Why this World Cup final is like no other," 13 July 2018 This was peculiar, a horrid home start for a pitcher with such sustained success inside Minute Maid Park. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Athletics hammer Lance McCullers in Astros' loss," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'horrid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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