horrific Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
   outrageous; hideous; horrid.
   
   • subjected to outrageous cruelty
   • a hideous pattern of injustice
   • horrific conditions in the mining industry
2. adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
   dreadful; direful; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded; fearsome.
   
   • 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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