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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Horrific \Hor*rif"ic\, a. [L. horrifieus horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf F. horrifique See {Horror}, {-fy}.] Causing horror; frightful. Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. --I. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: horrific adj 1: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" [syn: {hideous}, {horrid}, {outrageous}] 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" [syn: {awful}, {dire}, {direful}, {dread(a)}, {dreaded}, {dreadful}, {fearful}, {fearsome}, {frightening}, {horrendous}, {terrible}]
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