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horrific
[ haw-rif-ik, ho- ]
horrific
/ hə-; hɒˈrɪfɪk /
adjective
- provoking horror; horrible
Derived Forms
- horˈrifically, adverb
Other Words From
- hor·rifi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
In its presence--jolting, sudden, horrific—the monster is the monster of grief.
We love to laugh at Kim and Company because it distracts our souls from the horrific reality of their hermetic regime.
One of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.
I always saw the horrific side of this seemingly benign environment.
The refugee stories are compelling at first, but horrific details are numbing.
Horrific yells and screams could be heard by the men as they looked on from their distant position.
Immediately after that he drank a horrific draft of white wine for the ease of his kidneys.
All these thrown in the pot of political regeneration made a situation that was tragically immoral and horrific.
Horrid fellows are they, one and all; horrid fellows and horrific scenes.
Quite suddenly they seemed to stand up against the blazing sky, monstrous, horrific, smiting the senses like a blow.
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