horrid

horrid
adjective
  1. causing horror
    恐怖的,可怕的
    a horrid nightmare.
    可怕的梦魇。
    ■(informal)very unpleasant or disagreeable
    (非正式)令人讨厌的,不合意的
    the teachers at school were horrid.
    学校里的老师令人讨厌。
    a horrid brown colour.
    一种令人讨厌的棕色。
  2. (poetic/literary)rough; bristling
    (诗/文)崎岖不平的;毛发直立的
派生
horridly
adverb
horridness
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'rough, bristling'): from Latin horridus, from horrere 'tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end'
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