a. [ OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror. ] Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous;
A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.
n. The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
The horribleness of the mischief. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. horridus. See Horror, and cf. Ordure. ]
Horrid with fern, and intricate with thorn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not in the legions
Of horrid hell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The horrid things they say. Pope.
adv. In a horrid manner. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being horrid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy. ] Causing horror; frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which causes horror. [ R. ] Miss Edgeworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F. horripilation. ] (Med.) A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]