Noah Webster
Horrid
HOR'RID, adjective [Latin horridus. See Horror.]
1. That does or may excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; as a horrid spectacle or sight; horrid sympathy.
2. Rough; rugged. This is the literal and primary sense.
Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn.
3. Shocking; very offensive; a colloquial sense.