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horrifical

horrifical adjective: of or pertaining to horror.

Adjective

horrifical (comparative more horrifical, superlative most horrifical)

  1. Of or pertaining to horror.
    • If the pine woods be characterized by cathedral solemnity, and the cedars and tamaracks by certain horrifical gloom, and the popples by a silvery sunshine, and the berry-clearings by grateful heat and the homely manner of familiar birds, then the great hardwood must be known as the dwelling-place...1903, Stewart Edward White, chapter XIII, in The Forest, The Outlook Company, page 181

Forms of horrifical

comparativemore horrifical
superlativemost horrifical

Origin of horrifical

From horrific + -al.

Words formed from horrifical

Questions about horrifical

What does horrifical mean?
Horrifical means of or pertaining to horror.
What part of speech is horrifical?
Horrifical is an adjective.

Words near horrifical in the dictionary

  1. horridnesses
  2. horridsome
  3. Horries
  4. horrifiable
  5. horrific
  6. horrifical
  7. horrificality
  8. horrifically
  9. horrificating
  10. horrification
  11. horrifications

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