Usually means: Causing horror; extremely shocking, horrifying.
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  1. horrent: Merriam-Webster
  2. horrent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. horrent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. horrent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. horrent: Wordnik
  6. horrent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. horrent: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Horrent, horrent: Dictionary.com
  9. Horrent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. horrent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Horrent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. horrent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. horrent: FreeDictionary.org
  14. horrent: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. horrent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. horrent: Wiktionary

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  1. horrent: A Word A Day

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▸ adjective:  Standing upright, like bristles; bristled; bristly.

Similar:
bristling, horrid, bristly, abristle, upbristling, setiferous, horripilated, setaceous, birsy, bosky, more...

Opposite:
smooth, sleek, polished, glossy, silky

Types:
abominable, appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, hideous, horrid, more...

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Similar:
bristling, horrid, bristly, abristle, upbristling, setiferous, horripilated, setaceous, birsy, bosky, more...

Opposite:
smooth, sleek, polished, glossy, silky

Types:
abominable, appalling, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, hideous, horrid, more...



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