Antonyms 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"

   Antonyms:
   inoffensive, unalarming

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

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

How to use horrific in a sentence?

1. Jessica Henderson Daniel:

   As our nation confronts yet another horrific school shooting, it is imperative that we not become inured to these tragedies. We must act as a society to make our schools safe and ensure that students and teachers do not live in fear that they could be next, the American Psychological Association calls for evidence-based solutions to stop the gun violence that has become a public health crisis and is tearing our country apart.

2. Mona Hardin:

   Just trying to... bring it into reality, that this has happened to my son, grief stricken isn't the word, it's horrific, it's so evil.

3. Koch Industries:

   The horrific and abhorrent aggression against Ukraine is an affront to humanity.

4. Louis Charbonneau:

   The General Assembly has sent a crystal-clear message to Russia's leadership that a government whose military is routinely committing horrific rights violations has no business on the UN Human Rights Council, gruesome images from Bucha have shocked people around the world. Victims and their families deserve to see those responsible held to account.

5. Idris Elba:

   For me the battle against Ebola is a personal one, to see those amazing countries in West Africa where my father grew up and my parents married being ravaged by this disease is painful and horrific.

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