horridsome

English

Etymology

From horrid +‎ -some.

Adjective

horridsome (comparative more horridsome, superlative most horridsome)

1. (rare) Characteristically or typically horrid; horrendous
   • 1848, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 64:

     '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?'

   • 2008, Alan Lance Andersen, The Frost Haint of 'Possum Hollow and Other Ozark Tales:

     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.

   • 2014, Folorunsho Obalugemo, Masking Thee Truthful Face:

     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.