Definitions for horrific
hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ-hor·rif·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageousadjective

   grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

   "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

2. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   causing fear or dread or terror

   "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. horrificadjective

   horrifying, causing horror; horrible.

2. Etymology: from horrere + -ficare: confer horrifique. See horror, -fy.

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1. horrific

   Horrific is an adjective used to describe something that causes or involves extreme horror, fear, or shock. It is something so dreadful or terrifying that it can cause strong feelings of fear or distress.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Horrificadjective

   causing horror; frightful

2. Etymology: [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrific in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrific in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of horrific in a Sentence

1. Joe Patituce:

   This was a horrible tragedy, three families lost three family members and you know, absolutely horrific. So, we understand emotions were running high, but today, Tevin Biles-Thomas was vindicated, what Tevin Biles-Thomas's waited to get for the last two and half years.

2. Mark Milley:

   Given the type of forces that are arrayed... if that was unleashed on Ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties, you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads, and so on and so forth. It would be horrific. It would be terrible.

3. Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell:

   The physical violence we experienced was horrific and devastating, my fellow officers and I were punched, kicked, shoved, sprayed with chemical irritants and even blinded with eye-damaging lasers by a violent mob who apparently saw us, law enforcement, officers dedicated to ironically protecting them as Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell citizens, as an impediment to their attempted insurrection.

4. Karl Maquinghen:

   To see so many bodies like that, next to us. Children. I don’t know how to explain it. Horrific, the sight of them like that, heads in the water, will stick with us.

5. Marko Cunningham:

   There were bodies everywhere. Some were shredded. There were legs where heads were supposed to be. It was horrific.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=horrific
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Horrific
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrific
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=horrific