horrific

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:12:13

Hor*rif"ic (?), a. [L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]

Causing horror; frightful.

Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed. I. Taylor.

 

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