horrific

[ haw-rif-ik, ho- ]

/ hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ- /

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adjective

causing horror.

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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, horribly, horrid, horrific, horrified, horrify, horrifying, horripilate, horripilation

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Example sentences from the Web for horrific

In its presence--jolting, sudden, horrific—the monster is the monster of grief.
Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook|Tim Teeman|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We love to laugh at Kim and Company because it distracts our souls from the horrific reality of their hermetic regime.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack|James Poulos|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.
The My Lai Massacre Inspires an Opera|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I always saw the horrific side of this seemingly benign environment.
Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were met in the gate by a crowd of women howling and blowing horns, and otherwise adding to the horrific tumult.
The Sign of the Spider|Bertram Mitford
The other two were named Virgilia and Orinthia, and I can't say that these horrific labels did them any injustice.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 152, Feb. 7, 1917|Various
He passed his hands over his face as though shutting out some horrific vision.
The Silent Barrier|Louis Tracy
Under the April showers and sun-shafts they became tragic, enchanted, horrific, paradisiac.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter|Sir Harry Johnston
She merely sensed that it was red carnage, titanic, horrific.
Good References|E. J. Rath

British Dictionary definitions for horrific

horrific

/ (hɒˈrɪfɪk, hə-) /

adjective

provoking horror; horrible

Derived forms of horrific

horrifically, adverb

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horrific

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