Definition of Horrific

Adjective

• 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"
  awful dire direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous terrible
• grossly offensive to decency or morality
  causing horror
  "subjected to outrageous cruelty"
  "a hideous pattern of injustice"
  "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
  hideous horrid outrageous

• Scrabble® score of the horrific (16)
• Word Chums® score of the horrific (19)
• Words With Friends® score of the horrific (16)