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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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