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. Chuck Negron:

   He came to visit and told me, ‘Chuck, you have to pray and you have to ask for the acceptance of God’s will in your life’, … I fell asleep in the middle of a horrific withdrawal… But there is no sleep really because your body is just aching, it’s electric… [But] when I woke up, the obsession was gone. And I knew God had helped me. Chuck Negron performing today. (Courtesy of Chuck Negron) I believe God came and did for me what I couldn’t do for myself and relieved me from the bondage of addiction… I knew God had helped me. From that time on my faith grew stronger and stronger. It changed my life.

2. Tony Abbott:

   We particularly need to know how someone with such a long record of violence and such a long record of mental instability was out on bail after his involvement in a particularly horrific crime, and we do need to know how he seemed to have fallen off our security agency's watch list back in about 2009.

3. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   To see the insurrection, to see the horrific acts of Jan. 6 were not only personally devastating, but ... that created in me a commitment to redouble our efforts to fight hate and to fight one of the greatest threats that we face currently on our homeland, which is the threat of domestic terrorism.

4. Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr:

   I am appalled by the horrific and unacceptable death of 11 newborn babies in Tivaoune. The recurrence of tragedies in our hospitals reminds us of the obligation to thoroughly review the quality of service in our hospitals. My deepest condolences to the families.

5. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez:

   These are always the most horrific scenes when theres a child involved, we simply cant make anysense of it.