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Horrid

//ˈhɔ.ɹɪd// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bristling, rough, rugged. archaic

    "His haughtie Helmet, horrid all with gold, // Both glorious brightnesse and great terror bredd."

  2. 2
    Causing horror or dread.

    "Not in the legions / Of horrid hell, can come a devil more damned / In evils, to top Macbeth."

  3. 3
    Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.

    "horrid weather"

Adjective
  1. 1
    exceedingly bad wordnet
  2. 2
    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent. not-comparable

    "“Beg y’ pardon, sir,” said a voice at the tent door; “but Dormer’s ’orrid bad, sir, an’ they’ve taken him orf, sir.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

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