horrific as in grossly offensive to decency or morality
- "causing horror"
- "subjected to outrageous cruelty"
- "a hideous pattern of injustice"
- "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
Synonyms
- hideousgrossly offensive to decency or morality; so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
- horridexceedingly bad; grossly offensive to decency or morality
- outrageousgrossly offensive to decency or morality; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
horrific as in 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"
Synonyms
- awfulused as intensifiers; exceptionally bad or displeasing; causing fear or dread or terror; offensive or even (of persons) malicious; inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
- direfraught with extreme danger; causing fear or dread or terror
- direfulcausing fear or dread or terror
- dread(a)
- dreadedcausing fear or dread or terror
- dreadfulcausing fear or dread or terror; exceptionally bad or displeasing; extremely disagreeable and unpleasant
- fearfulexperiencing or showing fear; causing fear or dread or terror; lacking courage; extremely distressing; timid by nature or revealing timidity
- fearsomecausing fear or dread or terror
- frighteningthe act of inspiring with fear ; causing fear or dread or terror
- horrendouscausing fear or dread or terror
- terriblecausing fear or dread or terror; exceptionally bad or displeasing; intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact