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Rough; rugged; bristling.

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  1. a. Rough; rugged; bristling.
  2. a. Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; hence, very offensive.
  3. adj. exceedingly bad
  4. adj. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
  5. 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.