Translations for „horrid“ in the English » German Dictionary

hor·rid [ˈhɒrɪd, Am ˈhɔ:r-] ADJ inf

1. horrid (shocking):

horrid nightmare

entsetzlich

a horrid crime

ein abscheuliches Verbrechen

a horrid sight

ein fürchterlicher Anblick

2. horrid (unpleasant):

horrid

grauenhaft

to be a horrid sight

grauenvoll aussehen

3. horrid (unkind):

horrid child

gemein

to be horrid [to sb]

gemein [zu jdm] sein

it is horrid of sb to do sth

es ist gemein von jdm, etw zu tun

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a horrid sight

ein fürchterlicher Anblick

a horrid crime

ein abscheuliches Verbrechen

to be a horrid sight

grauenvoll aussehen

it is horrid of sb to do sth

es ist gemein von jdm, etw zu tun

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However, as a trade off, it can take almost no damage before going into a spin, and it has horrid heat dispersion.

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Think what horrid images it evokes from the mind.

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She also later explained that she thought it was a horrid song, and scoffed at the notion of being a backing singer.

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Where did you dredge up those horrid characters?

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Then we write something horrid which appears the next day.

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With his robe removed, he is revealed as a horrid lizard-man mutant.

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The smell of the dead bodies was horrid and it troubled the people.

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Towns look great, but dungeons are horrid, bland, maze-like nightmares.

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It is described as a horrid creature which hugs like a bear, and deals damage with its beak.

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His appearance was the most horrid of all the seven brothers.

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