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horrific [ haw-rif -ik, ho- ] SHOW IPA
/ hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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Origin of horrific 1645–55; <Latin
horrificus, equivalent to
horri- (combining form of
horrēre to bristle with fear) +
-ficus -fic
OTHER WORDS FROM horrific hor·rif·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words nearby horrific horrendous ,
horrent ,
horrible ,
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horripilate ,
horripilation
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bloodcurdling ,
detestable
How to use horrific in a sentence This is not unique to my own story but most people of color have horrific stories to tell about how their D&I rep was disconnected from the problems they faced at their firm.
Some of the most innovative, beautiful, and horrific characteristics of plants and animals have also been shaped by arms races in nature.
Nine days later, Belarus is besieged by a horrific level of violence, including more than 6,000 arrests and at least two confirmed deaths.
In 1991, he drove into the capital with two female colleagues and discovered that Iraqi troops had committed myriad horrific crimes.
The costs of such quick herd immunity, however, would be 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.
The refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.
Horrific yells and screams could be heard by the men as they looked on from their distant position.
Immediately after that he drank a horrific draft of white wine for the ease of his kidneys.
All these thrown in the pot of political regeneration made a situation that was tragically immoral and horrific .
Horrid fellows are they, one and all; horrid fellows and horrific scenes.
Quite suddenly they seemed to stand up against the blazing sky, monstrous, horrific , smiting the senses like a blow.
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British Dictionary definitions for horrific
adjective
provoking horror; horrible
Derived forms of horrific horrifically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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