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.
HORRIDLY
Hor"rid*ly, adv.
Defn: In a horrid manner. Shak.
HORRIDNESS
Hor"rid*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being horrid.
HORRIFIC Hor*rif"ic, a. Etym: [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]
Defn: Causing horror; frightful.
Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor.
HORRIFICATION
Hor`ri*fi*ca"tion, n.