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. Josh Sugarmann:

   Both (groups) say to themselves, 'This is horrific and could happen to me and my family,'.

2. Mark Milley:

   Given the type of forces that are arrayed... if that was unleashed on Ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties, you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads, and so on and so forth. It would be horrific. It would be terrible. And it's not necessary. And we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here.

3. Andy Hrovat:

   To have to go into a room knowing that Tad Deluca're going to encounter this is just, to me, horrific, that's why it's always been in the back of my mind that this wasn't right.

4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization:

   We will redouble our efforts and work even more closely ... to counter the rise of extremism, which can inspire such horrific attacks here at home.

5. Lara Yeretsia:

   I can see why criminal defense lawyer would say, you know what, you can't. You got to stay in the background: Don't talk, but I can also see why it's so difficult in this situation, how horrific it is and what the impact is, because he's the last person who saw her.