horrid

[hawr-id, hor-] /ˈhɔr ɪd, ˈhɒr-/
adjective
1.
such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
2.
extremely unpleasant or disagreeable:
horrid weather; She thought her uncle was horrid.
3.
Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough.
Origin
1580-90; < Latin horridus bristling, rough, equivalent to horr- (stem of horrēre to stand on end, bristle) + -idus -id4
Related forms
horridly, adverb
horridness, noun
Synonyms
2. nasty, vile, odious, abominable.
Examples from the web for horrid
  • It is horrid and false and demeaning for both workers and clients.
  • Only later did the horrid understanding dawn that nobody was immune.
  • In some cases the animals have been abused and kept in horrid conditions.
  • Later a couple of horrid books and a disastrous interview stained his reputation.
  • It is probably a horrid time to tie up money in shares of a cyclical company.
  • Extinction follows discovery with a horrid regularity.
  • Music library uses a horrid file tree for browsing media.
  • Their tendency to empty their digestive tubes on the floor may seem horrid to humans, but it helps them to attract mates.
  • It lathers up great and will wash away the horrid stench from belly crawling through dungeons.
  • So many horrid but avoidable things happen that one wonders if the author harbours a secret masochism.
British Dictionary definitions for horrid

horrid

/ˈhɒrɪd/
adjective
1.
disagreeable; unpleasant: a horrid meal
2.
repulsive or frightening
3.
(informal) unkind
Derived Forms
horridly, adverb
horridness, noun
Word Origin
C16 (in the sense: bristling, shaggy): from Latin horridus prickly, rough, from horrēre to bristle
Word Origin and History for horrid
adj.

early 15c., "hairy, shaggy, bristling," from Latin horridus "bristly, prickly, rough, horrid, frightful," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror). Meaning "horrible, causing horror" is from c.1600. Sense weakened 17c. to "unpleasant, offensive."

[W]hile both [horrible and horrid] are much used in the trivial sense of disagreeable, horrible is still quite common in the graver sense inspiring horror, which horrid tends to lose .... [Fowler]
Related: Horridly.