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1. (adj.) horrific
causing horror.
Etymology: (1645–55; < L horrificus=horri-, var. s. of horrēre+-ficus -fic)
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1. (adj) hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
2. (adj) awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
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"
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1. (adj) horrific
causing horror; frightful
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Sense: terrible; terrifying
a horrific accident; a horrific journey.
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 Afrikaans: afskuwelik |
 Arabic: مُفْزِع، مُرْعِب |
 Bulgarian: ужасяващ |
 Brazilian: horrendo |
 German: entsetzlich |
 Danish: grufuld; forfærdelig |
 Greek: φοβερός |
 Spanish: horroroso, horrible, terr |
 Estonian: õudne |
 Farsi: هولناك |
 Finnish: kauhistuttava |
 French: terrifiant |
 Hebrew: מַחֲרִיד |
 Hindi: रोमांचकारी |
 Croatian: koji užasava, jezovit |
 Hungarian: rettentő |
 Indonesian: mengerikan |
 Icelandic: ógnvekjandi |
 Italian: orribile, raccapricciante |
 Japanese: 恐ろしい |
 Korean: 끔찍한 |
 Lithuanian: šiurpus, baisingas |
 Latvian: šaušalīgs |
 Malay: dahsyat |
 Dutch: schrikaanjagend |
 Norwegian: gruoppvekkende |
 Polish: straszliwy, okropny |
 Persian: هولناك |
 Pashto: خطرناک |
 Portuguese: horrendo |
 Romanian: groaznic |
 Russian: ужасающий |
 Slovenian: strašen |
 Serbian: užasan |
 Swedish: fasaväckande, hårresande |
 Thai: น่ากลัว |
 Turkish: korkunç, tüyler ürpertici |
 Taiwanese: 可怕的，恐佈的 |
 Ukrainian: страітливий |
 Urdu: خوفناک |
 Vietnamese: khủng khiếp; ghê sợ |
 Chinese: 令人恐惧的，极其可怕的 |
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