Defenition of the word horrific

• Defenition of the word horrific

  • Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
  • 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"
  • grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
  • 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"; "
  • causing fear or dread or terror
  • grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

Synonyms for the word horrific

• • awful
  • dire
  • direful
  • dread
  • dreaded
  • dreadful
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • frightening
  • hideous
  • horrendous
  • horrid
  • outrageous
  • terrible

Similar words in the horrific

• • alarming
  • offensive

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