Horrid
Nightmare
Nightmare adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.
Usage example: survivors of a nuclear holocaust would surely face a nightmare existence
Horrid and nightmare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Horrid" instead an adjective "Nightmare".
Nearby Word: nightmarish
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Right Behind Me: One Ever episode started with Andrew having a nightmare that instead of doing a regular season of Worst Driver, they brought back the most horrid drivers they ever had.
Source: Series / Canada's Worst Driver - The main problem is that the two protagonists are Transsexual and puberty is typically a horrid time when you're trans (many have described it as essentially being a living nightmare).
Source: Growing Up Sucks - The clients in Nightmare Inspector hardly ever have their chapters end without some sort of horrid twist.
Source: Mandatory Twist Ending
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Nightmare and Horrid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/horrid/nightmare
Horrid & Nightmare. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/horrid/nightmare>.
Nightmare or Horrid. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/horrid/nightmare.
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