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horrific

/həˈɹɪfɪk/adjective3 syllables

Horrific means: causing fear or dread or terror.

Synonyms for horrific24

adjective, as in causing fear or dread or terror

awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, alarming

adjective, as in grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

hideous, horrid, outrageous, offensive

also used for horrific

affreux, spine-tingling, appalling, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful

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What does horrific mean?2

adjective

1

causing fear or dread or terror“the awful war”

2

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror“subjected to outrageous cruelty”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with horrific?5

four syllables

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Horrific in a sentence

  • If he had been careful back then, the horrific accident would not have happened.VirtuOZ
  • He was in the emergency room with horrific burns, barely clinging to life.Amastan
  • Passers-by were confronted with a horrific scene after the high-speed accident.patgfisher
  • Uncover the horrific truth of this shocking story.corvard
  • Ziri saw something horrific unfold in front of his eyes.Amastan
  • Ziri heard a horrific scream in the cave.Amastan
  • Fadil expressed no remorse about any of the horrific acts he had committed.OsoHombre
  • The murder has been described as tragic and horrific.megamanenm

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