horrific
adjective
Origin of horrific
Related Words for horrific
dreadful, horrid, eerie, disgusting, hair-raising, appalling, heinous, cruel, grisly, ghastly, awful, gruesome, abominable, hideous, frightful, grim, abhorrent, beastly, bloodcurdling, detestableExamples from the Web for horrific
Contemporary Examples of horrific
In its presence--jolting, sudden, horrific—the monster is the monster of grief.
We love to laugh at Kim and Company because it distracts our souls from the horrific reality of their hermetic regime.
One of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.
I always saw the horrific side of this seemingly benign environment.
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ SequelMarlow Stern
December 17, 2014
The refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.
Historical Examples of horrific
With horrific pants he emitted smokiest smoke and fiercest fire.
The Golden AgeKenneth Grahame
The picture is a tragic one, cumulative in its horrific details.
The Merry-Go-RoundCarl Van Vechten
She merely sensed that it was red carnage, titanic, horrific.
Good ReferencesE. J. Rath
What happened after that is more obscure and fraught with horrific suggestion.
The Fantasy Fan December 1933Charles D. Hornig
The most fantastic and horrific of nightmares was actually materialised.
Tropic DaysE. J. Banfield