horrific
Adjective Satellite
- grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
- "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
- causing fear or dread or terror
Adj
- Causing horror; horrifying.
Adjective
- Causing horror or extreme fright; dreadful.
Examples
- a horrific injury
- a horrific sight
- The opponent’s unexpected bingo was a truly HORRIFIC turn of events.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horreō (“to be afraid”) + -ficō (“to make”).
Synonyms
awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, hideous, horrendous, horrid, outrageous, terrible, affreux, alarming, appalling, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrible, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, pulse-pounding, scaring, scary, shocking, skin-crawling, terrifying, terrorsome
Scrabble Score: 16
horrific: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhorrific: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
horrific: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary