most horrid
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Sen. William Preston, a South Carolina Whig, called the statue “the most horrid phantasmagoria I have ever beheld.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023
But perhaps the most horrid place was the kitchen.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2016
Now, when I take my hat off, let the whole band strike up, and approach with the most horrid uproar towards the stage.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
This was John Mountain, the trader, escaped from the most horrid perils; and his first word, when he got speech, was to ask if we had seen Secundra Dass.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
This nimble lady, otherwise, was fiercely wooed by the King of the Mud-turtles, a most horrid and sprawling shape, but a clever foil—with his army of river-rats, minks and crabs—to the nymphs and wood fairies.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
