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horridsome

horridsome adjective: characteristically or typically horrid; horrendous.

Adjective

horridsome (comparative more horridsome, superlative most horridsome)

  1. (rare) Characteristically or typically horrid; horrendous
    • 'Oh, Mister Jacobs!' says Missus Collins to me that night, before I went off, 'd'ye think Edward is tired of that 'ere horridsome sea, yet?'1848, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 64
    • The feller exhibited it in a tent, charging twenty-five cents admission. Outside the tent, he had a horridsome painting of the monster devouring a poor family of farmers. When a sizable crowd of spectators was seated on the.2008, Alan Lance Andersen, The Frost Haint of 'Possum Hollow and Other Ozark Tales

Forms of horridsome

comparativemore horridsome
superlativemost horridsome

Origin of horridsome

From horrid + -some.

Questions about horridsome

What does horridsome mean?
Horridsome means characteristically or typically horrid; horrendous.
What part of speech is horridsome?
Horridsome is an adjective.

Words near horridsome in the dictionary

  1. horridest
  2. horridity
  3. horridly
  4. horridness
  5. horridnesses
  6. horridsome
  7. Horries
  8. horrifiable
  9. horrific
  10. horrifical
  11. horrificality

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