most horrid

ADJECTIVE

repulsive, very unpleasant

Synonyms

WEAK

abhorrent abominable appalling awful beastly cruel detestable disagreeable disgusting dreadful eerie execrable fearful frightful ghastly grim grisly gross gruesome heinous hideous loathsome lousy lurid mean nasty obnoxious offensive repellent revolting scandalous scary shameful shocking terrible terrifying ungodly unholy unkind

Antonyms

WEAK

agreeable delightful magnificent pleasant pleasing wonderful

ADJECTIVE

offensive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atrocious disgusting distasteful dreadful embarrassing ghastly grisly hideous horrible

WEAK

abhorrent abusive annoying biting cutting detestable disagreeable discourteous evil foul gross impertinent insolent invidious irritating nasty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attractive delightful pleasant pleasing wonderful

ADJECTIVE

horrible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abominable appalling awful disgusting dreadful frightful ghastly grim grisly gruesome hideous horrific

WEAK

abhorrent beastly bloodcurdling cruel detestable disagreeable eerie execrable fearful gross hair-raising heinous loathsome lou

Antonyms

STRONGEST

attractive beautiful delightful nice pleasant pleasing pretty wonderful

Example Sentences

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Sen. William Preston, a South Carolina Whig, called the statue “the most horrid phantasmagoria I have ever beheld.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

But perhaps the most horrid place was the kitchen.

From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2016

This nimble lady, otherwise, was fiercely wooed by the King of the Mud-turtles, a most horrid and sprawling shape, but a clever foil—with his army of river-rats, minks and crabs—to the nymphs and wood fairies.

From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

By this time the beach was lined with women and children, who caused the air to resound with the most horrid yells and screams.

From A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island by Holden, Horace

Can a theory which the universal Intelligence thus agrees in reprobating, as involving the most horrid absurdity and tyranny conceivable, be the only true one?

From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa