horrific

English

Alternative forms

horrifick (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɪfɪk/, /hɔˈɹɪfɪk/, /hɑˈɹɪfɪk/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɪfɪk/, /hɒˈɹɪfɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /hɘˈɹɘfɘk/, /hɔˈɹɘfɘk/
Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

Adjective

horrific (comparative more horrific, superlative most horrific)

Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening

a horrific sight

a horrific injury

Usage notes

Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede horrific with an, others with a.

Related terms

Translations

causing horror

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: vahiməli, dəhşətli (az), qorxunc (az), məşum
Bulgarian: ужасяващ (bg) (užasjavašt)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: afschuwelijk (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
French: horrifique (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: entsetzlich (de)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Latin: horrificus
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: przerażający (pl)
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: horrorífico
Turkish: korkunç (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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