Adjective: horrific hó'ri-fik or ho'ri-fik [N. Amer], hu'ri-fik or hó'ri-fik [Brit]- Causing fear, dread or terror
"the horrific war";
- awful, dire, direful [archaic], dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible
- Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
"horrific conditions in the mining industry";
- hideous, horrid, outrageous
See also: alarming, offensive