HORRIFIC

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

(adjective) causing fear or dread or terror; “the awful war”; “an awful risk”; “dire news”; “a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”; “the dread presence of the headmaster”; “polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was”; “a dreadful storm”; “a fearful howling”; “horrendous explosions shook the city”; “a terrible curse”

hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous

(adjective) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; “subjected to outrageous cruelty”; “a hideous pattern of injustice”; “horrific conditions in the mining industry”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

horrific (comparative more horrific, superlative most horrific)

Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.

Synonym: Thesaurus:frightening

Usage notes

Source: Wiktionary


Hor*rif"ic, a. Etym: [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]

Definition: Causing horror; frightful. Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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