horrific meaning

horrific as an adjective

1. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
   • subjected to outrageous cruelty
   • a hideous pattern of injustice
   • horrific conditions in the mining industry

   Synonyms: hideous, horrid, outrageous

   Similar: offensive

2. 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

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

   Similar: alarming

How to pronounce horrific

horrific is pronounced /hɔˈrɪfɪk/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with horrific

• specific
• terrific
• scientific
• pacific
• prolific
• nonspecific
• unscientific
• honorific
• hieroglyphic
• pseudoscientific