English → Latin
“horrid” in Latin
foedustreaty, compact, alliance, truce, league; agreement, bond, contract, compact, pact, pledge, conditions, terms; covenantabōminorto deprecate (as an ill omen); to abominate, abhor, detest, loathedētestābilisexecrable, abominable, detestableāversābĭlisthat before which one is obliged to turn awaynefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsomeimmānisimmense, enormous, huge, vast; brutal, inhuman, frightful, savagehorribilishorrible, terrible, dreadful, fearfulhorrendushorrible, horrendous, horrific, horrid, dreadful, dreaded, frightful, awfulsonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry spectāculumshow, spectacle; a place from which shows are witnessed, spectator's seat; public or civic event
The English word horrid itself goes back to Latin horreō, through horridus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
horrid
Abominable, detestable, foedus: abominandus: detestabilis: aversabilis (the last in Lucr.; all of persons): nefarius (of persons, their designs and actions): immanis (horrible; of acts): horribilis (e.g., sonitus, spectaculum, species, pestis, tempestas): horrendus (†): horrid person, homo omni parte detestabilis: horrid man! o hominem impurum! monstrum hominis
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for horrid?
- The usual Latin words for “horrid” are foedus, abōminor, dētestābilis; also āversābĭlis, nefārius, immānis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.