"His haughtie Helmet. horrid all with gold,//Both glorious brightnesse and great terror bredd. - Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, I-vii-31"
"Give colour to my pale cheek with thy blood,//that we the horrider may seem to those//Which chance to find us. - Shakespeare, Cymbeline, IV-ii"
synonyms:
horrible, frightful, awful, appalling
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, harrowing, dire, revolting, hideous, alarming, shocking, dreadful, terrific, abominable