1
as in awful
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
Indian stocks appear to be recovering from their horrid start to the year.
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Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
For a while now, it’s seemed those were the first words of the incoming year after a particularly horrid annum.
—Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
So Fleury, sick as heck, was forced to back up, which also meant Gustavsson had to survive all 60 minutes of his second consecutive horrid outing.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
So read the book now before the paperback gets one of those horrid movie-poster covers.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
For a while now, it’s seemed those were the first words of the incoming year after a particularly horrid annum.
—Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
So Fleury, sick as heck, was forced to back up, which also meant Gustavsson had to survive all 60 minutes of his second consecutive horrid outing.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
So read the book now before the paperback gets one of those horrid movie-poster covers.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrid
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For a large part, the Heat’s supporting pieces have been awful this season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hollywood continued to celebrate the fearless first responders who worked to save lives and property during the awful Los Angeles wildfires last month.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
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Based on the memoir by Monique Smith, who endured a horrific childhood only to discover that her family wasn’t actually hers.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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The horrific apparent overdose came a day after a drug-dealing operator of a Bronx day care was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the death of a toddler exposed to fentanyl and the overdoses of three other children who survived.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Some compare Sanders to Geno Smith — not flattering, but not horrible.—
Troy Renck,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Everybody's going to be thrown, according to , into all these horrible situations.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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On September 2, 1885, in one of the most gruesome episodes of racial terror in American history, a group of white miners killed at least twenty-eight Chinese residents in Rock Springs and burned down the town’s Chinese quarter.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Fallen Sun stands out not just as a cop procedural, but also as a thriller that never shys away from the gruesome nature of the killer’s crime spree.—
Sezin Koehler,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Or the constitutional dystopia in which we are now caught, beside which even the ugliest onscreen villainy pales into insignificance?—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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The advanced metrics paint an ugly picture for the Suns as well over that span: 114.0 OffRtg (11th), 117.3 DefRtg (27th), -3.2 NetRtg (21st).—
Evan Sidery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is, on paper, a terrible idea for all involved.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Until its proves otherwise, Miami sits mediocre at ninth-best in the 16-team AFC -- not terrible, surely not the dregs ... but not a contender.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Selena Gomez has called out 'disgusting' weight shame As a former child star who grew up in the public eye, Gomez has long been subjected to conversations surrounding her weight.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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The desire to avoid portraying her character’s actions as simply disgusting led de Van to play the lead role herself, in spite of the challenges that created for her as a first-time feature director.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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The newest Trump administration and the shocking vote that happened this week at the UN, the U.S. siding with North Korea in that vote.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In the wake of such shocking, there is inevitable pain.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Horrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrid. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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