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horrific

hor·ri·fic

UK/həˈɹɪfɪk/ US/həˈɹɪfɪk/ fairly common

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”
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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”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horreō (“to be afraid”) + -ficō (“to make”).

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