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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
Bench heater Aden Holloway struggled for Auburn last season, shooting a horrid 32 percent from the field.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
With no evidence and with no proof, President Trump recklessly and outrageously blamed Wednesday night’s horrid mid-air collision in Washington on his all-encompassing boogeyman of diversity, equity and inclusion.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Indian stocks appear to be recovering from their horrid start to the year.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrid
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Failure to invest in protecting the vulnerable likely means the current awful trends will continue.—
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There are so many connections between all these awful people.—
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While the defense in front of him remained very much horrific in Buffalo, Jarry was not good.—
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Almost a decade in the making, and currently in post-production, the film will recount the harrowing story of the nine Charbonneau sisters and their childhood schoolmates who endured horrific abuse at St. Paul’s Indian Mission School in Marty, South Dakota.—
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Lillard’s blood clot diagnosis continues a horrible stretch of injuries that has limited the Bucks’ ability to chase postseason glory since the Bucks ended the franchise’s 50-year championship drought by winning the 2021 NBA title.—
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Those plans are HMOs and many of us remember how horrible those were, denying service, or stalling approval.—
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Watkins immediately received a flood of support on social media after the gruesome injury, as athletes and analysts from around the sports world chimed in with well wishes.—
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The behemoth abode sits on the infamous site of the gruesome 1969 Manson murders, though the original home was bulldozed in the ’90s.—
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And at a moment where reality TV shows are proliferating, but often with an ugly underbelly, the cable brand is betting that its antidote will resonate with an audience on both linear TV and streaming.—
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That pollution causes an ugly brown smog to blanket the skyline on hot summer days and causes people, especially those with respiratory problems, to struggle to breathe.—
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The rhetoric pushed here is that someone with a high body count has less value and will either make a terrible partner or no one will want them in the first place.—
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The domestic box office is presently in a terrible state, and Minecraft could prove to be the shot of confidence Hollywood studios and cinema owners need after recent films, including Disney’s Snow White, have turned into major disappointments.—
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Do not tell the patient disgusting hospital stories about your own operations or procedures.—
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Using that platform to engage in partisan attacks and accuse former Department leadership of weaponizing law enforcement is a disgusting betrayal of those values.—
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The couple shared their shocking experience in a now-viral TikTok video, warning others about the dangers of unsafe food handling.—
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Leaders around the world have responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s shocking new tariffs that threaten to upend the global economy with stern words and denunciations.—
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“Horrid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrid. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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