Meaning of horridus | Babel Free
[ˈhɔr.rɪ.dʊs]Definitions
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rough, bristly, shaggy adjective, declension-1, declension-2
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rude, rough, uncouth, unpolished, untrimmed adjective, declension-1, declension-2
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awful, dreadful, horrible, horrid, frightful, fearful, terrible adjective, declension-1, declension-2
Equivalents
English
Uncouth
Examples
“Pōmum ipsum grande, dūrum, horridum et ā cēterīs generibus distāns sapōre quōdam ferīnae in aprīs”
The fruit [of the syagrus tree] itself is large, hard, rough, and different in taste from every other kind, with a certain something of the meat in wild boars.
““… Nunc augur Apollō, / nunc Lyciae sortēs, nunc et Iove missus ab ipsō / interpres dīvom fert horrida iussa per aurās.” “Now prophetic Apollo, now the oracles of Lycia, and now – sent from Jupiter himself! – the divine interpreter [Mercury] brings grim orders through the air.””
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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