horrific - 5 dictionary results
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
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 |
| 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).
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| 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" |
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