The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion.
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Horrid
//ˈhɔ.ɹɪd//
Synonyms for "horrid" (165 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (82)
Adjective(22 words)
hair-raisingharrowinghideoushorrifichorrifyinghorripilatingincompetentnegativepeakpulse-poundingrevoltingrubbishruefulscaringscaryskin-crawlingspine-tinglingterribleterrificterrifying
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harrowinghatehatefulheinoushorrendoushorrifichorrifyinginfamouslamentableloathsomelousyluridmacabremonstrousmorbidnastynefariousnoisomenotoriousobnoxious
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Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
14 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 10 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δασπλῆτις adj (causing horror or dread)
Esperanto
1 entries- aĉa adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
Finnish
4 entries- inhottava adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- kamala adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- kauhea adj (causing horror or dread)
- kauhea adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
French
4 entries- abhorrable adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- abominable adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- affreux adj (causing horror or dread)
- désagréable adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
Italian
1 entries- orrido adj (causing horror or dread)
Persian
2 entries- بد adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- وحشتناک adj (causing horror or dread)
Portuguese
3 entries- horrendo adj (causing horror or dread)
- horrendo adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- horrível adj (causing horror or dread)
Russian
4 entries- отвратительный adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
- страшный adj (causing horror or dread)
- ужасный adj (causing horror or dread)
- ужасный adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
Spanish
2 entries- horrendo adj (causing horror or dread)
- hórrido adj (causing horror or dread)
Swedish
2 entries- gräslig adj (causing horror or dread)
- gräslig adj (offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
This morning when I left the asylum I felt so ashamed because I had to wear this horrid old wincey dress. All the orphans had to wear them, you know.
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I didn't like it a bit. It was horrid.
Source: tatoeba (5825324)
Sami described a horrid scene.
Source: tatoeba (6710042)
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