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Towns and cities throughout the United States have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of families displaced from their homes as a result of this horrific storm.
Jo Bonner

Meaning of "horrific" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HORRIFIC

horrific  [hɒˈrɪfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORRIFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Horrific is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HORRIFIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of horrific in the English dictionary

The definition of horrific in the dictionary is provoking horror; horrible.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORRIFIC


calorific
ˌkæləˈrɪfɪk
colorific
ˌkʌləˈrɪfɪk
dolorific
ˌdɒləˈrɪfɪk
febrific
fɪˈbrɪfɪk
frigorific
ˌfrɪɡəˈrɪfɪk
honorific
ˌɒnəˈrɪfɪk
logogriphic
ˌlɒɡəˈɡrɪfɪk
mirific
maɪˈrɪfɪk
pacific
pəˈsɪfɪk
petrific
pɛˈtrɪfɪk
saporific
ˌseɪpəˈrɪfɪk
scientific
ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
soporific
ˌsɒpəˈrɪfɪk
sudorific
ˌsjuːdəˈrɪfɪk
superterrific
ˌsuːpərtəˈrɪfɪk
tenebrific
ˌtenɪˈbrɪfɪk
terrific
təˈrɪfɪk
torporific
ˌtɔːpəˈrɪfɪk
triffic
ˈtrɪfɪk
vaporific
ˌveɪpəˈrɪfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORRIFIC

horrendousness
horrent
horrible
horribleness
horribly
horrid
horridly
horridness
horrifically
horrification
horrified
horrifies
horrify
horrifying
horrifyingly
horripilant
horripilate
horripilation
horrisonant
horrisonous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORRIFIC

beatific
calcific
conspecific
geoscientific
Indo-Pacific
infraspecific
interspecific
intraspecific
magnific
monospecific
neuroscientific
nonspecific
prolific
pseudoscientific
South Pacific
stereospecific
the Pacific
transpacific
unscientific
unspecific

Synonyms and antonyms of horrific in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HORRIFIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «horrific» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of horrific

Translation of «horrific» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORRIFIC

Find out the translation of horrific to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of horrific from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horrific» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

极其可怕的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horroroso
570 millions of speakers

English

horrific
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भीषण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مروعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ужасающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

horroroso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভয়ঙ্কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

horrible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengerikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schrecklich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すさまじい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무시무시한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horrific
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khủng khiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொடூரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भयावह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkunç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spaventoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerażający
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

страхітливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oribil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φρικτές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gruwelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

horrific
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forferdelige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horrific

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORRIFIC»

The term «horrific» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.531 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORRIFIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «horrific» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «horrific» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about horrific

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10 QUOTES WITH «HORRIFIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word horrific.
1
Ulrich Beck
Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.
2
Jo Bonner
Towns and cities throughout the United States have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of families displaced from their homes as a result of this horrific storm.
3
Jo Bonner
As horrific as this impact has been on my constituents, it is only a small part of the overwhelming destruction covering 90,000 square miles of the Gulf Coast.
4
Margaret Cho
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.
5
Thomas Haden Church
When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.
6
Diane Cilento
I spoke French a bit, and I could speak a bit of this and that, and when you were taught those things by people who couldn't really do it, you can do some pretty wonderfully, imaginative horrific things to teachers.
7
Robbie Coltrane
It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.
8
Harry Connick, Jr.
There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home.
9
Caroline Corr
I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific.
10
Warwick Davis
If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORRIFIC»

Discover the use of horrific in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horrific and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Defining the Horrific: Readings on Genocide and Holocaust in ...
This collection of readings examines how genocide and holocaust have defined the twentieth century.
William L. Hewitt, 2004
2
Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments ...
Provides a chilling account of the experiments and scientific research performed on human subjects, primarily concentration camp inmates, by Nazi physicians, based on previously unpublished photographs and documents used during the ...
Vivien Spitz, 2005
3
Horrific Invasions
Covers the events of World War II from 1942 to 1943 including the Bataan "Death March," U.S. victory at Midway, the invasion of Burma, Stalingrad Airlift, and Operation Torch.
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Marshall Cavendish, 2011
4
Minnesota Mayhem: A History of Calamitous Events, Horrific ...
These stories and photos, culled from the Star Tribune's microfilm archive by author Ben Welter, range from the catastrophic to the merely curious.
Ben Welter, 2012
5
Keen as Mustard: Britain's Horrific Chemical Warfare ...
On the eve of the Gulf War, her Keen as Mustard doc
Bridget Goodwin, 1998
6
Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in ...
In this highly original study of sexuality, desire, the body, and women, Liz Wilson investigates first-millennium Buddhist notions of spirituality.
Liz Wilson, 1996
7
The Customer Is Not Always Right: Hilarious and Horrific ...
Whether it's a confrontation in the drive-through over not enough fries or arguing over a one-cent price difference on milk, this book proves the principle of the customer is always right can be dead wrong.
Adams, A.J., 2009
8
Horrific Traumata: A Pastoral Response to the Post-Traumatic ...
Horrific Traumata shares the stories of persons whose meaning, hope, and faith were ripped from them by others or traumatic events and who live with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
N. Duncan Sinclair, 1993
9
Horrific Fables
In this collection you'll encounter the unsettling creations of eight celebrated literary pioneers whose extraordinary imaginations laid the groundwork for nearly all horror writing that followed.
Thomas Huff, 2010
10
Still LoLo: A Spinning Propeller, a Horrific Accident, and a ...
And she had to face some incredibly difficult questions: What kind of future will I have? Where is God in all this pain? Will anyone ever be able to love me now? In Still LoLo, Lauren speaks out for the first time since her accident.
Lauren Scruggs, Scruggs Family, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORRIFIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horrific is used in the context of the following news items.
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Teen thug inflicted 'gross and horrific' injuries on baby boy's genitals …
A teenage thug has been locked up for inflicting "gross and horrific" injuries on the genitals of a baby boy because he urinated on him as he ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
In Moment of Candor, Liberal MSNBC Guest Says It's 'Horrific' When …
And yes, abortion is a horrific space of loss, and so the people who are getting ... I mean, what's really horrific is women who are pregnant being ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
3
Dad relives horrific moment the truck he was driving hit wall …
A dad has relived the horrifying moment when the truck he was driving hit a wall which collapsed, crushing his 17-month-old son. An inquest ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
4
Local motorcyclist survives horrific crash - CBS News 8 - San Diego …
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - A local man who survived a horrific motorcycle crash in Orange County is just days away from going home from the ... «CBS 8 San Diego, Jul 15»
5
CENSORED: ABC, CBS Ignore Horrific Planned Parenthood Video
CENSORED: ABC, CBS Ignore Horrific Planned Parenthood Video. By Katie Yoder | July 15, 2015 | 11:48 AM EDT. Share it Tweet it. 0. shares. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
6
Ian Mulgrew: Judge slams BC child welfare officials in horrific abuse
B.C. child-welfare authorities claimed a mum was mentally unstable for nearly three years after seizing her four children, providing an ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
7
Brent Bozell: Will Media Scrutinize 'Awful' and 'Horrific' Iran Deal?
Bozell offered a prediction and a question: "I believe what is going to happen is, the more we learn bit, the more awful and horrific this deal is ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
8
Bullies In Horrific Facebook Video Identified [Video] - The Inquisitr
Horrific footage of two 14-year-old girls being bullied recently surfaced on Facebook. Now, it has been reported that the two bullies involved will ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
9
Yazidi men 'play dead' in order to survive horrific ISIS massacre …
Terrifying tales of massacres and sprawling open graves have reached the western world in regards to Islamic State's war against the Yazidis. «Catholic Online, Jul 15»
10
Horrific! Dwayne 'the rock' Johnson has something to show that is …
Dwayne 'the rock' Johnson has something absolutely horrific to show you. Are you ready? So then, here goes.. Read: Dwayne Johnson hits ... «India.com, Jul 15»

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