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

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

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1. horrificadjective

   horrifying, causing horror; horrible.

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

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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. Lee Gelernt:

   The border is closed to families and single adults, including those seeking refuge from horrific persecution and violence, white House officials don't expect the Hear Joe Biden administration to be able to process everyone in the first week, but White House officials need a signal very quickly that Hear Joe Biden is going to open the border and get rid of Title 42.

2. Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody:

   Whoever did this horrific act is truly evil.

3. Jerry Moran:

   Given [Thursday's] horrific events and now predictions of further difficult days ahead, I need answers immediately to my questions. The planning to care for our veterans must not replicate the disastrous lack of planning connected with our withdrawal from Afghanistan, it is our duty to honor the service and sacrifice of all those who responded to the attacks on our country since 9/11, including those who lost their lives this week. I will remain in close contact with VA’s mental health and suicide prevention program office and work to make certain they have every resource in place to meet the needs of our veterans in crisis.

4. Kim Kardashian:

   It's been a really rough week in our home in Calabasas, Hidden Hills, and our neighbors in Thousand Oaks and Malibu, our hearts are broken from the horrific shootings and those who have lost their lives and homes, as well as the hundreds of thousands of us that have been evacuated from the devastating fires that are currently burning.

5. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez:

   Moreover, there are consistent reports that U.S. companies fail to undertake basic labor and human rights assessments in Xinjiang, in essence willfully ignoring the horrific conditions of forced labor in Xinjiang, in failing to uphold their responsibilities to vet their supply chains, these companies may be complicit in the mass repression of Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups.

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