Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Horrid /hôr'-əd/ · Hor·rid · IPA /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/ 01 a. Rough; rugged; bristling. 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.