hopple, v. hobble, tether, fetter. See - hobble, horde, n. 1. crowd, mob, mass, throng, large group, gathering, multitude, host; concourse, confluence, lot, entourage, caravan, procession, cavalcade. 2. nomadic group, tribe, troop, legion, company, band; moving pack, herd, swarm, flock,
horizon, n. skyline, Astron. azimuth, range of vision, field of view, field of vision, vista, view; offing, prospect, outlook.
2. scope, limit of perception, range of knowledge, realm, compass, confines,
horizontal, adj. flat, plane, level, Math, homaloidal, flush, supine, prone; flat as a pancake, flat as a flounder, flat as an ironing board, smooth as glass, flat as a millpond.
horn, n. 1. cornu, antler, projection; crest, tuft, plume, topknot, coxcomb; spike, spine, quill, feeler, tentacle, (in aphids) cornicle.
2. corn, callous, calloused or toughened or hardened skin.
3. cornucopia, horn of plenty, conch, cornet, pirou ette, cone, funnel, pyramid.
4. (of saddles) pommel, nubble, nub, knob, handle, protuberance.
5. Music, musical instrument, brass instrument, wind instrument; trumpet, cornet, bugle; French horn, English horn, hand horn, trombone, baritone, tuba, helicon, sousaphone, bass.
6. honker, klaxon, siren, alarm; buzzer, sounder, noisemaker; bullhorn, foghorn, megaphone, loudspeaker.
horny, adj. 1. corneous, ceratoid, hornlike, horn; callous, calloused, tough, toughened, thick-skinned, hard, hardened, indurate, indurated; bony, bonelike, ossified.
2. horned, cornute, cornuted, corniculate; antlered, bicorn, bicornuate, bicornuous, biconical, bicone.
3. horn-shaped, cornucopiate, cornual; conical, cone-shaped, funnel-shaped; crescent-shaped, crescentlike, crescentoid, crescentic.
4. Slang, lecherous.
horrendous, adj. horrible, dreadful, awful. See - horrible (def. 1).
horrible, adj. 1. dreadful, awful, horrid, horrendous; horrifying, terrifying, terrible, frightful, frightening, Inf. scary, appalling, harrowing; hideous, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, ghoulish, macabre, bloodcurdling, unspeakable.
2. disgusting, sickening, nauseating, revolting, repellent, repulsive; loathsome, abominable, abhorrent, detestable, hateful, despicable; odious, obnoxious, contemptible, beneath contempt, vile, foul, reprehensible; atrocious, outrageous, heinous, villainous, monstrous.
3. deplorable, lamentable, regrettable, woeful, rueful; pitiful, piteous, pitiable, pathetic.
horrid, adj. horrible, horrendous, horrifying, dreadful. See - horrible (def. 1). horrify, v. 1. shock, startle, astound, stun, stupefy, paralyze, petrify; appall, consternate, daunt, unnerve, abash, floor; disturb, distress, harrow, agitate, dismay; outrage, scandalize, shock, SI. gross out; disgust, nauseate, sicken, Inf. turn one's stomach; offend, repel, repulse, SI. turn [s.o.] off, Inf. put [s.o.] off.
2. terrify, frighten, frighten out of one's wits, scare, scare to death, panic, throw into a panic, SI. curl one's hair, Inf make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, Inf. scare stiff; alarm, startle, Inf. make [s.o.] jump out of his skin; Inf scare the living daylights out of [s.o.]; terrorize, intimidate, SI. freak [s.o.] out.
horror, n. 1. fear, fearfulness, dread, fright, Inf. funk; terror, panic, alarm, perturbation, trepidation, dismay; angst, fear and trembling, anguish, anxiety; uneasiness, apprehensiveness, Inf. butterflies, nervousness, queasiness.
