Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOR'RID, a. [L. horridus. See Horror.]

1. That does or may excite horror; dreadful; hideous; shocking; as, a horrid spectacle or sight; horrid sympathy. Milton.
2. Rough; rugged. [This is the literal and primary sense.] Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden.
3. Shocking; very offensive; a colloquial sense. Pope.