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as in horrible
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
All those horrid Valentine’s Day cards from school just… disappeared!
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23 Apr. 2026
The horrid image in the news of a column of smoke rising above the city of Tehran — an abyss of darkness against the gray sky — arrests my attention.
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Babak Rahimi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Within six more days a horrid newspaper man learned the story.
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Eric Mandel,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
No one’s going to be stuck in a hand-over-hand situation like in a Tesla, with its horrid implementation of a yoke.
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Joel Feder,
The Drive,
2 Apr. 2026
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Lit Hub Approved,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
The horrid image in the news of a column of smoke rising above the city of Tehran — an abyss of darkness against the gray sky — arrests my attention.
—
Babak Rahimi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Within six more days a horrid newspaper man learned the story.
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Eric Mandel,
AJC.com,
13 Apr. 2026
No one’s going to be stuck in a hand-over-hand situation like in a Tesla, with its horrid implementation of a yoke.
—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrid
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
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What should have been a night of celebration and community reflection for Juneteenth was shattered by a horrific act of violence.
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First of all, the suffering of the Iranian people has been horrific in the context of this unnecessary conflict.
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Messi shook off his awful spot kick to deliver another match-winning masterclass against Austria and become the competition’s all-time top scorer in the process.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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The men escape, but their frantic exit leads them through the gruesome Terminus food-supply dungeon, where fresh corpses hang on meathooks.
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With two gruesome losses, meanwhile, Tunisia — Netherlands’ foe Thursday at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium — has been eliminated already and cannot advance to the knockout round, no matter the outcome in KC.
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With one notable exception, everyone over there has nothing but ugly things to say about their main villa counterparts.
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Women superheroes have always activated an ugly segment of the internet.
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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French broadcaster French Pierron was under fire for calling childbirth 'a disgusting moment.
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How to make the moment scary but watchable, disgusting but entrancing?
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The 29-year-old began her comeback Saturday at the American Classic in Champlin, Minnesota, just days after announcing her shocking return to the sport.
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Cape Verde earned three draws in the group stage – the shocking Spain result, running with Uruguay in the second match and ending up in a scoreless draw with Saudi Arabia in Houston on Friday.
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“Horrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrid. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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