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