2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Horrid \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
horrid
adj 1: exceedingly bad "when she was bad she was horrid"
2: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of
injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
[syn: {hideous}, {horrific}, {outrageous}]
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