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# horrid

adjective (horrid, more horrid or horrider, most horrid or horridest)

«horrid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very unpleasant or nasty: «a horrid smell». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#m1)
2. (of people) Unkind or mean: «Don't be horrid to your sister.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#m2)
3. (old) Causing horror; frightening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#m3)

### In the lessons

A common word in British children's books and in speech among children: «Horrid Henry» is a famous naughty character. In Alice and The Wind in the Willows, characters call things or people horrid when they are upset. In stories it tells you a character is mean or something is nasty.

### Examples

- That medicine tastes horrid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x1)
- Don't be horrid to the new girl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x2)
- It was a horrid, rainy day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x3)
- «You horrid creature!» cried Alice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x4)
- The weasels were horrid to Toad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x5)
- I had a horrid dream last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x6)
- And they called him a horrid dwarf! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/#x7)

### Note

Informal and a bit childish or old-fashioned in UK speech. Similar: nasty, horrible, awful, mean. Horrid and horrible mean nearly the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «horrid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horrid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horrid.html) on Mova free.