horrific
/həˈɹɪfɪk/US/həˈɹɪfɪk/
horrific adjective: causing horror; horrifying.
Adjective
horrific (comparative more horrific, superlative most horrific)
- Causing horror; horrifying.
- a horrific sight
- a horrific injury
- Synonyms:
- affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful
horrific meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
horrific in Urdu
- ڈراؤنا, خوفناک, لرزہ انگیز
horrific in Bengali
- ভয়াবহ, রোমহর্ষক, আতঙ্কজনক
horrific in Malayalam
- horrific
- ഭയങ്കരം bhayaṅkaraṁ
horrific in Kannada
- ಭಯಂಕರ, ಭಯಾನಕ, ಭೀಕರ
Examples of horrific in a sentence
- The Marshall University plane crash was an all-fatal, horrific hull loss.
- Another very important and horrific fact brought to light in Ms.
- Another horrific attack on tourists to Dublin in the city centre and in the height of summer.
Synonyms of horrific
- affreux
- alarming
- spine-tingling
- appalling
- awful
- eldritch
- butt-clenching
- buttock-clenching
- dreadful
- fearful
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Forms of horrific
| comparative | more horrific |
|---|---|
| superlative | most horrific |
| alternative form | horrifick |
Origin of horrific
Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horreō (“to be afraid”) + -ficō (“to make”).
Words formed from horrific
Words that rhyme with horrific
- specific
- prolific
- calorific
- colorific
- hieroglyphic
- honorific
- scientific
- terrific
- -ific
- biospecific
- calcific
- dolorific
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- febrific
- interspecific
- morbific
- organific
- pacific
- signific
- soporific
- sudorific
- triglyphic
- trispecific
- unterrific
- vaporific
- acidific
- algific
- allospecific
- anaglyphic
- anticalcific
- antiprolific
- aspecific
- aurific
- bioscientific
- bispecific
- carbonific
- chylific
- classific
- coelanaglyphic
- conspecific
- cornific
- cospecific
- crapperific
- damnific
- deific
- diaglyphic
- ditriglyphic
- frigorific
- geoglyphic
- grandific
- hipsterific
- humilific
- inspecific
- lactific
- lapidific
- lithoglyphic
- lucific
- lucrific
- mirific
- nanospecific
- omnific
Questions about horrific
- What does horrific mean?
- Horrific means causing horror; horrifying.
- What is horrific in Urdu?
- Horrific in Urdu is ڈراؤنا, خوفناک, لرزہ انگیز. See Horrific meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is horrific?
- Horrific is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce horrific?
- Horrific is pronounced /həˈɹɪfɪk/ (US).
Words near horrific in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horrific (page history and authors); horrific (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Horrific (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഭയങ്കരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); horrific (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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