Advertisement
horrific (adj.)
"causing horror," 1650s, from French horrifique or directly from Latin horrificus "dreadful, exciting terror," literally "making the hair stand on end," from horrere "be terrified, bristle, to stand on end" (see horror) + -ficus "making, doing," from combining form of facere "to make, to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). An older adjective was horriferous (1620s). Related: Horrifically.
Others are reading
Advertisement
Definitions of horrific from WordNet
Dictionary entries near horrific
horrendous
horribile dictu
horrible
horribly
horrid
horrific
horrify
horripilation
horror
hors d'oeuvre
hors de combat