Horrific

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Horrific \Hor*rif"ic\, a. [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible
     + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See
     {Horror}, {-fy}.]
     Causing horror; frightful.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. --I.
                                                    Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  horrific
       adj 1: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
              "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern
              of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining
              industry" [syn: {hideous}, {horrid}, {outrageous}]
       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"
          [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful},
           {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {terrible}]