Horrid

[Lat. horrid us. See HORROR.] That does or may excite horror; frightful; hideous; dreadful; awful; shocking; - hence, anything highly disgusting, offensive, or disagreeable; as, a horrid crime. - Rough; ragged; shaggy; bristling; prickly. "Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn." -Dryden. Hor'ridly, adv . In a manner to occasion or excite horror; fearfully; dreadfully; shockingly; as, he was horridly nervous after his debauch.