Meaning & Definition of Horrific in English

1. Grossly offensive to decency or morality

• Causing horror

• "Subjected to outrageous cruelty"

• "A hideous pattern of injustice"

• "Horrific conditions in the mining industry"

2. 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"