word-vault/dist/data/cards/ho/horrid.json

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{
    "term": "horrid",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very unpleasant or unkind",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a horrid child"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a horrid smell"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't be so horrid to your brother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meat tasted horrid."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "horrible",
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɒrɪd/",
                "audio": "ho/horrid/horrid__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhɔːrɪd/",
                "audio": "ho/horrid/horrid__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘rough, bristling’): from Latin horridus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder, (of hair) stand on end’."
}