'Horrid' definitions:

Definition of 'horrid'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"
adjective
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, horrid, horrific, outrageous]

Definition of 'Horrid'

From: GCIDE
  • Horrid \Hor"rid\, a. [L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure.]
  • 1. Rough; rugged; bristling. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive. [1913 Webster]
  • Not in the legions Of horrid hell. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The horrid things they say. --Pope.
  • Syn: Frightful; hideous; alarming; shocking; dreadful; awful; terrific; horrible; abominable. [1913 Webster]

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