HORRIFIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HORRIFIC?

Need another word that means the same as “horrific”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “horrific” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Horrific” are: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, hideous, horrid, outrageous, horrifying, horrible, frightful, shocking, appalling, atrocious, grim, grisly, ghastly, harrowing, gruesome, unspeakable, monstrous, nightmarish, sickening, nauseating

Horrific as an Adjective

Definitions of "Horrific" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “horrific” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Causing horror.
• Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror.
• Causing fear or dread or terror.

Synonyms of "Horrific" as an adjective (30 Words)

appalling	Causing consternation. The cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack.
atrocious	Of a very poor quality; extremely bad or unpleasant. He attempted an atrocious imitation of my English accent.
awful	Offensive or even (of persons) malicious. You look awful you should go and lie down.
dire	Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless- G.C.Marshall. A dire emergency.
direful	Extremely bad; dreadful. A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked.
dread	Causing fear or dread or terror. Polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was.
dreaded	Regarded with great fear or apprehension. The dreaded news came that Joe had been wounded.
dreadful	Extremely disagreeable and unpleasant. She looked quite dreadful and she was struggling for breath.
fearful	Timid by nature or revealing timidity. Cast fearful glances at the large dog.
fearsome	Frightening, especially in appearance. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
frightening	Causing fear or dread or terror. A frightening experience.
frightful	Provoking horror. In a frightful hurry.
ghastly	Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. One of the most ghastly crimes ever committed.
grim	Filled with melancholy and despondency. The grim task of burying the victims.
grisly	Causing horror or disgust. A grisly murder.
gruesome	Extremely unpleasant. Gruesome evidence of human sacrifice.
harrowing	Acutely distressing. A harrowing film about racism and violence.
hideous	So extremely ugly as to be terrifying. A hideous pattern of injustice.
horrendous	Causing fear or dread or terror. Horrendous explosions shook the city.
horrible	Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. A horrible massacre.
horrid	Very unpleasant or disagreeable. In some cases the animals have been abused and kept in horrid conditions.
horrifying	Causing horror; extremely shocking. An alarming even horrifying picture.
monstrous	Shockingly brutal or cruel. Twisted into monstrous shapes.
nauseating	Causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting. The stench was nauseating.
nightmarish	Of the nature of a nightmare; very frightening or unpleasant. A nightmarish vision of the future.
outrageous	Shockingly bad or excessive. Subjected to outrageous cruelty.
shocking	Very bad. She brought shocking news.
sickening	Causing great annoyance or disappointment. A sickening stench.
terrible	Causing fear or dread or terror. What a terrible mess.
unspeakable	Exceptionally bad or displeasing. An unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room.

Usage Examples of "Horrific" as an adjective

• Horrific injuries.
• Horrific conditions in the mining industry.

Associations of "Horrific" (30 Words)

afraid	Feeling worry or concern or insecurity. I m afraid I won t be able to come.
alarm	Fill with apprehension or alarm cause to be unpleasantly surprised. The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm.
alarming	Worrying or disturbing. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
appall	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
chilling	Provoking fear terror. A chilling account of the prisoners fate.
claustrophobia	Extreme or irrational fear of confined places. The small stuffy room had begun to give him claustrophobia.
dread	Dreadlocks. He was stricken with the dread disease and died.
dreadful	Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious. There s been a dreadful accident.
fear	The likelihood of something unwelcome happening. She observed the other guests without fear of attracting attention.
fearfulness	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight.
fearsome	Causing fear or dread or terror. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
formidable	Inspiring fear. The challenge was formidable.
fright	Frighten. Come be comforted he shan t fright you.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. If you say anything to him you might frighten him off.
frightening	Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying. A frightening experience.
frightful	Extremely distressing. Spent a frightful amount of money.
haunt	Haunt like a ghost pursue. The bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time.
hideous	Extremely unpleasant. A hideous scar.
horror	A literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror. To her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine.
intimidate	Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants. Her boss intimidates her.
monstrosity	Something hideous or frightful. They regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity.
panic	Feel or cause to feel panic. Panic in the stock market.
petrify	Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit. Slogans petrify our thinking.
scare	Become scared. A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.
scared	Made afraid. I m scared stiff of flying.
scary	Provoking fear terror. A scary movie.
terrible	Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable. Terrible handwriting.
terrify	Cause to feel extreme fear. She was terrified he would drop her.
terrifying	Causing extreme terror. A terrifying wail.
terror	Terrorism. A terror suspect.