horned
/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/
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adjective/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/
horned adjective: having horns. Also the simple past and past participle of horn.
Adjective
horned (not comparable)
- Having horns.
- A goat is a horned animal.
- a bull's head gules
- Cuckolded.
Also used as
horned is also the simple past and past participle of horn.
horned meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
horned in Hindi
- सींग लगी हुई
horned in Marathi
- शिंगे घातलेले
horned in Urdu
- ہارنڈ
horned in Bengali
- হর্নড
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- horned in Gujarati
- હોર્નડ, શિંગડા મારેલા
- horned in Odia
- ହର୍ନ ହୋଇଥିବା, ଶିଙ୍ଗଯୁକ୍ତ
- horned in Nepali
- हर्नड
- horned in Arabic
- أَقْرَن ʔaqran
- horned in Persian
- شاخدار šâx-dâr
Examples of horned in a sentence
- At a hundred and thirty pounds, Altman is poised as a clothespin, fierce as a horned owl.
- Narrowfruit horned beaksedge is very similar and occurs in similar habitats, but is less common.
- Broadfruit horned beaksedge is also similar but is restricted to the lower coastal plain areas of Mississippi.
Synonyms of horned
Origin of horned
From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ġehyrned (“having horns; horned”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijaną (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) + -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”), German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”).
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from horned
- African horned cucumber
- Alexander horned ball
- Alexander horned sphere
- greater one-horned rhinoceros
- great horned owl
- hickory horned devil
- horned adder
- horned coot
- horned dace
- horned desert viper
- horned frog
- horned gopher
- horned grebe
- horned helmet
- horned hog
- horned horse
- horned lark
- horned lizard
- horned melon
- horned moon
- hornedness
- horned owl
- horned pansy
- horned pie
- horned poison
- horned poppy
- horned pout
- horned puffin
- horned rattlesnake
- horned screamer
- horned snake
- horned sphere
- horned sungem
- horned syllogism
- horned toad
- horned up
- horned violet
- horned viper
- long-horned
- long-horned beetle
- long-horned grasshopper
- multihorned
- ornate horned toad
- regal horned lizard
- Saharan horned viper
- scimitar-horned oryx
- short-horned grasshopper
- slender-horned gazelle
- spider-tailed horned viper
- stag-horned
- strange-horned toad
- thick-horned nudibranch
- three-horned
- unhorned
- well horned
- well-horned
Phrases with horned
- Horned God
- horned out
- Horned Goat
- horned hogs
- Horned Miao
- horned owls
- horned pies
- horned frogs
- horned larks
- horned pouts
- horned toads
- horned adders
21 more phrasesFewer phrases
- horned grebes
- horned horses
- horned melons
- horned snakes
- horned vipers
- horned helmets
- horned lizards
- horned pansies
- horned poppies
- horned puffins
- horned sungems
- horned violets
- horned screamers
- great horned owls
- horned syllogisms
- horned rattlesnakes
- ornate horned toads
- regal horned lizards
- hickory horned devils
- Alexander horned spheres
- spider-tailed horned vipers
Words that rhyme with horned
Questions about horned
- What does horned mean?
- Horned means having horns.
- What is horned in Hindi?
- Horned in Hindi is सींग लगी हुई. See Horned meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is horned?
- Horned is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce horned?
- Horned is pronounced /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/.
Words near horned in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: horned (page history and authors); horned (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horned (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horned (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horned (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horned (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horned (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horned (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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