horridsome

comparative more horridsome · superlative most horridsome

1. rareCharacteristically 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

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   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

   For but I shall mask the mask, for none to see, And that I shall keep'st thee secrets that I fear, What the horridsome being is named truly me, When wandering greeting souls draw a'near.

   2014, Folorunsho Obalugemo, Masking Thee Truthful Face