/hɔɹɪˈfɪk/ - [horifik] - hor•rif•ic
We found 5 definitions of horrific from 4 different sources.
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horrific - grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" | ||
hideous, horrid, outrageous | ||
offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" | ||
horrific - 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" | ||
awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible | ||
alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |