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horrific

US/həˈɹɪfɪk/US/hɔˈɹɪfɪk/US/hɑˈɹɪfɪk/New Zealand/hɘˈɹɘfɘk/

adjective

What it means

  1. Causing horror; horrifying.

    a horrific sight

    1 more example

    a horrific injury

    Synonyms: affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching

In a sentence

a horrific sight

Where it comes from

  1. Latinhorrificus
  2. Englishhorrific

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

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