horrid

Definition

Bristling, rough, rugged.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.

Example Sentences

• "His haughtie Helmet, horrid all with gold, // Both glorious brightnesse and great terror bredd."
• "Yea there, where very Desolation dwells, / By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, / She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, / Be it not done in pride, or in presumption."
• "Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn, / Few paths of human feet, or tracks of beasts, were worn."