Hor"rid (?), a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]
1.
Rough; rugged; bristling.
[Archaic]
Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn.
Dryden.
2.
Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.
Not in the legions
Of horrid hell.
Shak.
The horrid things they say.
Pope.
Syn. -- Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable.
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