transcription, транскрипция: [ hərɪfɪk, AM hɔ:r- ]
1.
If you describe a physical attack, accident, or injury as horrific , you mean that it is very bad, so that people are shocked when they see it or think about it.
I have never seen such horrific injuries...
= horrendous
ADJ
• hor‧rifi‧cal‧ly
He had been horrifically assaulted before he died.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
If you describe something as horrific , you mean that it is so big that it is extremely unpleasant.
...piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.
= horrendous
ADJ
• hor‧rifi‧cal‧ly
Opera productions are horrifically expensive.
ADV : ADV adj