laid

adjectivecommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

laid

from the Frankish laiþ "unpleasant, annoying, repulsive", equivalent to the Anglo-Saxon ladh ("odious"), from the Old High German leid ("unpleasant"), which is found in German in the form leid. 'Laid' first had a purely moral meaning (which remains in the dialects cf. Cauchois faire laid à "to annoy, to shame") before meaning ugly.

Definitions

Synonyms

mochelaitte

Antonym

beau

Hyponyms

dégueulassevomitif

Translations

  • germangerman:übel
  • englishenglish:nasty
  • arabicarabic:قبيح
  • koreankorean:추잡한
  • danishdanish:grim
  • spanishspanish:feo
  • finnishfinnish:ruma
  • greekgreek:άσχημος
  • dutchdutch:lelijk
  • polishpolish:brzydki
  • portugueseportuguese:hediondo
  • russianrussian:уродливый
  • swedishswedish:ful

See also

désenlaidir (v.) laide (adj.) enlaidir (v.) enlaidissement (cn.) laideur (cn.) laid (cn.) laides (adj.) laides (cn.) laids (adj.) laids (cn.)