Meanings
comparative more horrific · superlative most horrific · alternative horrifick
- Causing horror; horrifying.
a horrific sight
1 more example
a horrific injury
Synonyms: affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCausing horror; horrifying.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegrossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
adjectivecausing fear or dread or terror
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinhorrificus
- Englishhorrific
Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horreō (“to be afraid”) + -ficō (“to make”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ужасяващ
- ужасяващ (užasjavašt)causing horror
Chinese Mandarin 令人恐怖的, 可怕的
- 令人恐怖的 (lìngrén kǒngbù de)causing horror
- 可怕的 (kěpà de)causing horror
- 駭人的 /骇人的 (hàirén de)causing horror
Dutch afschuwelijk
- afschuwelijkcausing horror
Finnish hirveä, hirvittävä
- hirveäcausing horror
- hirvittäväcausing horror
- kauheacausing horror
- kauhistuttavacausing horror
French horrifique
- horrifiquecausing horror
German entsetzlich
- entsetzlichcausing horror
Latin horrificus
- horrificuscausing horror
Polish przerażający
- przerażającycausing horror
Spanish horrorífico, truculento
- horroríficocausing horror
- truculentocausing horror
- horríficocausing horror
Turkish korkunç
- korkunçcausing horror
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with horrific
Cite this entry
horrific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrific
“horrific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrific. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horrific,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horrific.
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