horrid
Shockingly bad indeed
Horrid means extremely unpleasant, disagreeable, or shocking.
It often describes things that provoke disgust or revulsion: The smell from the dumpster was horrid.
In casual British English, horrid softens to mean merely disagreeable or unkind: Don't be so horrid to your sister.
The word shares roots with horror and horrible but tends to sound slightly old-fashioned or emphatic in everyday American speech.
Extremely bad quality
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- wretchedExtremely unhappy or unfortunate
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
ghastly · beastly · disagreeable · insufferable · unbearable · intolerable · appalling · abysmal
Worthy of intense dislike
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- odiousExtremely unpleasant, repellent
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- despicableMorally worthless, beneath regard
vile · abominable · execrable · contemptible · heinous · atrocious · monstrous · hateful
Evoking extreme fear
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
- alarmingProvoking fear or anxiety
- harrowingExtremely distressing or disturbing
spine-chilling · blood-curdling · hair-raising · menacing · ominous · eerie · creepy · sinister
Extremely unpleasant to see
- unsightlyUnpleasant to look at
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- frightfulInspiring terror or shock
monstrous · misshapen · deformed · disfigured · gruesome · grisly · macabre · nightmarish
awful
Extremely bad quality
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- wretchedExtremely unhappy or unfortunate
miserable · ghastly · beastly · disagreeable · insufferable · unbearable · intolerable · appalling · abysmal · atrocious
detestable
Worthy of intense dislike
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- odiousExtremely unpleasant, repellent
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
despicable · vile · abominable · execrable · contemptible · heinous · atrocious · monstrous · hateful · reprehensible
terrifying
Evoking extreme fear
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
- alarmingProvoking fear or anxiety
harrowing · spine-chilling · blood-curdling · hair-raising · menacing · ominous · eerie · creepy · sinister · foreboding
hideous
Extremely unpleasant to see
- unsightlyUnpleasant to look at
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
frightful · monstrous · misshapen · deformed · disfigured · gruesome · grisly · macabre · nightmarish · garish
nauseating
Causing urge to vomit
gross · foul · putrid · rancid · fetid · stomach-turning · repellent · noxious · malodorous · rank
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
merciless · ruthless · heartless · pitiless · callous · barbarous · inhuman · sadistic · fiendish · diabolical
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- scary feelingsterrified, frightening, dreadful, creepiness, goosebumps
horriddelightful
Highly pleasing, wonderful
wonderful · pleasant · lovely · magnificent · enjoyable
- horror movieCinema meant to terrify
- horror storyNarrative intended to terrify
- horror storiesNarratives meant to frighten
- horror filmsMovies meant to frighten
- Rocky HorrorGlam rock musical phenomenon
- body horrorGenre exploiting physical revulsion
horror, horrific, horrify, horrifying, horrified, horrors, horrendous, abhorrent, abhorrence