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Definitions for HORRIFIC
hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ-hor·rif·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. 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

  1. horrificadjective

    horrifying, causing horror; horrible.

  2. Etymology: from horrere + -ficare: confer horrifique. See horror, -fy.

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  1. 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

  1. Horrificadjective

    causing horror; frightful

  2. Etymology: [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of HORRIFIC in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of HORRIFIC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of HORRIFIC in a Sentence

  1. Denise Krepp:

    ... really shaken. Just utterly horrific.

  2. Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo:

    We don't want to make enemies with any country, but we are fighting narcotics whose impacts are horrific, especially in Indonesia, sAVE OUR BOYS.

  3. Dohme Hill:

    I would never want to go through the horrific attack again, but with where I am today, I wouldn't change it, i would have never met Cameron, so I believe it was fate that brought us together.

  4. Amnesty International.Mansoureh Mills:

    We're receiving reports of young people being intentionally shot with metal pellets and other munitions, causing death or horrific injuries. This is the authorities' desperate attempt to brutalize Iranians into submission.

  5. Public Safety Bill Blair:

    Tragedies like today are horrific and should never happen. I want to share my deepest condolences with all those suffering right now, particularly the families and friends of the many innocent people that were killed, as families mourn and search for answers, our hearts are broken alongside theirs. We grieve with them.

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