Hor″rid (?), a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.] 1. Rough; rugged; bristling.
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.