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Definitions for horrific
hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ-hor·rif·ic
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Princeton's WordNet
hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageousadjective
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective
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"
Wiktionary
horrificadjective
horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
Etymology: from horrere + -ficare: confer horrifique. See horror, -fy.
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horrific
Horrific is an adjective used to describe something that causes or involves extreme horror, fear, or shock. It is something so dreadful or terrifying that it can cause strong feelings of fear or distress.
Webster Dictionary
Horrificadjective
causing horror; frightful
Etymology: [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of horrific in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of horrific in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of horrific in a Sentence
From what I hear from my colleague in Sa'ada there are many bodies still at the scene of the airstrike, many missing people, it is impossible to know how many people have been killed. It seems to have been a horrific act of violence.
What has happened is there was a horrific shooting that has occurred, there are multiple people who have died, including, I believe, the shooter.
There were bodies everywhere. Some were shredded. There were legs where heads were supposed to be. It was horrific.
That was the only acceptable sentence, in the state's view, for the horrific crime that Gregory Ulrich committed, the verdict that this fine jury handed down holds Gregory Ulrich accountable for the horrific crime that Gregory Ulrich committed.
As a father, I was particularly struck by what happened this weekend with two small children being shot, i don’t know how anyone in this community could hear about or read about or in some cases personally experience the kind of horrific violence we’ve seen this weekend and feel anything other than utter despair and a profound sense of sadness.
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