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horrific

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hor·rif·ic  (hô-rfk, h-)
adj.
Causing horror; terrifying.
[Latin horrificus : horrre, to tremble + -ficus, -fic.]
hor·rifi·cal·ly adv.
horrific [hɒˈrɪfɪk hə-]
adj
provoking horror; horrible
horrifically  adv
horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid - In decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid.
See also related terms for horror.
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Adj.1.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, outrageous, horrid
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
2.horrific - causing fear or dread or terrorhorrific - 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"
direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, fearful, awful, dire
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
horrific
adjective horrifying, shocking, appalling, frightening, awful, terrifying, grim, dreadful, horrendous, ghastly, from hell (informal), grisly, frightful, hellacious (U.S. slang) I have never seen such horrific injuries.
Translations
horrific [hɒˈrɪfɪk] ADJ [injury, attack, accident] → horrible, horrendo
horrific [həˈrɪfɪk] adj [injury, accident] → horrible; [murder, attack, crime] → atroce
horrific
adj → entsetzlich, schrecklich; documentary → erschreckend; price increase → horrend
horrific [hɒˈrɪfɪk] adj (accident) → spaventoso/a; (murder) → terrificante
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