horrific
1Horrific — Hor*rif ic, a. [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See {Horror}, { fy}.] Causing horror; frightful. [1913 Webster] Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …
2horrific — 1 *horrible, horrid, horrendous Analogous words: horrifying, appalling, dismaying, daunting (see DISMAY vb): terrorizing, terrifying, frightening, alarming (see FRIGHTEN) 2 horrible, terrible, terrific, shocking, appalling, *fearful, awful,… …
3horrific — index deplorable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4horrific — (adj.) causing horror, 1650s, from Fr. horrifique or directly from L. horrificus dreadful, exciting terror, lit. making the hair stand on end, from horrere to bristle, to stand on end (see HORROR (Cf. horror)) + ficus, from stem of facere to make …
5horrific — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing horror. DERIVATIVES horrifically adverb …
6horrific — [hô rif′ik, hərif′ik] adj. [Fr horrifique < L horrificus < horrere, to bristle (see HORRID) + facere, to make (see DO1)] horrifying; horrible …
7horrific — [[t]hərɪ̱fɪk, AM hɔːr [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe a physical attack, accident, or injury as horrific, you mean that it is very bad, so that people are shocked when they see it or think about it. I have never seen such horrific injuries …
8horrific — hor|rif|ic [hɔˈrıfık, hə US ho: , ha: ] adj extremely bad, in a way that is frightening or upsetting = ↑horrifying horrific crash/accident/attack etc ▪ a horrific plane crash ▪ His injuries were horrific. >horrifically [ kli] adv …
9horrific — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ADVERB ▪ really ▪ absolutely, quite, truly ▪ Some of t …
10horrific — adjective Date: 1653 having the power to horrify < a horrific account of the tragedy > • horrifically adverb …
