horrid
English
/ˈhɒɹɪd/, /ˈhɔɹɪd/
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) Bristling, rough, rugged.
- Causing horror or dread.
- Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin horridus (horrid, dreadful, rough, bristly, savage, frightful, shaggy, rude) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰers-
Gloss
bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- horridly English
- horridness English
- horridsome English
- abhorreō Latin
- abhorrēre Latin
- herna Latin
- hispidus Latin
- horrendus Latin
- horreō Latin
- horridus Latin
- horripilātus Latin
- horror Latin
- subhorridus Latin
- ordo Italian
- orrido Italian
- hórrido Spanish, Castilian
- χέρσος Ancient Greek
- *pil- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰórsōs Proto-Indo-European
- ord Old French
- ordure Old French
- urdoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ځیږ Pashto, Pushto