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hor⋅rif⋅ic

[haw-rif-ik, ho-]

–adjective

causing horror.

Origin:
1645–55; < L horrificus, equiv. to horri- (comb. form of horrēre to bristle with fear) + -ficus -fic

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Language Translation for : horrific

Spanish:

horroroso, horrible, terrible,

German:

entsetzlich,

Japanese:

恐ろしい

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hor·rif·ic (hô-rĭf'ĭk, hŏ-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Causing horror; terrifying.

[Latin horrificus : horrēre, to tremble + -ficus, -fic.]
hor·rif'i·cal·ly adv.

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horrific

"causing horror," 1653, from L. horrificus "terrible, dreadful," lit. "making the hair stand on end," from horrere "to bristle, to stand on end" (see horror) + -ficus, from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious).

horrific
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" [syn: hideous]
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"

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.

Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. --I. Taylor.

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