Synonyms for horrific
hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ-hor·rif·ic

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1. hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageousadjective

   grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

   "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

   Synonyms:
   dread(a), fearsome, hideous, extortionate, direful, terrible, dreaded, dire, unconscionable, fearful, frightening, horrendous, awful, usurious, exorbitant, dreadful, outrageous, repulsive, steep, horrid

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, unalarming

2. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, inoffensive

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1. horrificadjective

   Synonyms:
   frightful, HORRID

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1. List of paraphrases for "horrific":

   terrible, horrible, horrendous, appalling, dreadful, horrifying, awful, heinous, atrocious, terrifying, gruesome, abhorrent, dire, frightening, hideous, egregious, abominable, shocking, ghastly, horrid, hair-raising, ugly, odious, cruel, monstrous

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1. Matthew McConaughey:

   'Something' has been done in the effort to stop some of the deranged individuals that, with every horrific act, abuse and hijack the Second Amendment, 'Something' has moved that we hope can help deliver on our shared effort to make the loss of so many lives matter.

2. Mark McGrath:

   For someone to do this to two children is horrific, i ca n’t even explain how people feel up here. We’ve had homicides here in the past, as all communities do, but children — it really, really has affected this community.

3. Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate:

   We are in the middle of a very horrific situation that occurred at the nightclub with multiple victims, it’s going to be a long night for our homicide units to investigate.

4. Pat Toomey:

   Maybe it's just the accumulation of pain from all of these horrific experiences.

5. Oksana Markarova:

   We knew that the intent to attack us was there, but you never completely believe until, unfortunately, something horrific like war happens. everyone in Ukraine, of course, it’s more difficult for them.