HORRIFIC


Meaning of HORRIFIC in English

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

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