Horrific means: Causing horror; horrifying. Related words include frightening or dire. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Horrific in practice.

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Horrific in a sentence

Horrific | Horrifically

Horrific meaning

Causing horror; horrifying.

Synonyms of Horrific

hideous horrendous frightening fearsome fearful dreadful dreaded dread direful dire awful offensive outrageous horrid terrible

Example sentences (20)

A teacher took his own life after being subjected to horrific homophobic abuse from a stalker, an inquest has heard.

In the series, she could turn all the dolls made by Mika Kayama into horrific creatures that could pounce on people.

However, when confronted by something so horrific, many turn it into a dark joke to lessen the discomfort it creates.

Have a cosy evening Xx" No More Waste typed: "The fear of a horrific heatwave hasn’t made me complain about it.

Gaza and Ukraine remain horrific but relatively localized, just as the Korean and Vietnam conflicts once were.

He lost his wife in May 2021, when India was in the middle of a horrific second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, there are no words that can fully grasp how horrific the attack on an off-duty officer was last week.

Ansari recalled horrific moments when other Kuwaiti mothers received disfigured corpses of their sons from the occupiers.

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It is important for young people to understand that antisemitism’s horrific history did not originate with the Holocaust.

Adequate punishment should be given to the culprits for sexually and physically assaulting me in the most horrific manner.

And there it is again, the victim narrative that is used to justify even the most horrific terror attacks.

Had the war dragged on, it is horrific to imagine the dystopia that would have engulfed vast areas from Manchuria to Borneo.

In 1616, a horrific wave of illness throughout the Native people living in what’s now called New England.

He looks up to see the horrific image of the possessed Annie levitating at the top of the house, stabbing herself in the neck.

Dragisich said he was pleased with the judge’s decision to hand down the maximum sentence due the horrific nature of the crime.

He believes Western PMCs such as the infamous Blackwater failed to screen recruits carefully enough with some horrific results.

And how we could dress this book about two desperate lovers searching for one another amid a horrific expanse of blood and gore.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has declared one-day state mourning in view of the horrific train crash.

After 300+ days of Russia's horrific war against Ukraine, where does China-Russia relationship stand?

For varied causes, folks may simply wish to play the sport for the story or for the gameplay somewhat than the horrific violence.

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Common combinations with horrific

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the horrific 43×
  • most horrific 11×
  • in horrific 10×
  • of horrific 10×
  • horrific and
  • with horrific
  • is horrific
  • this horrific
  • so horrific
  • as horrific

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "horrific" in a sentence?
An example: "A teacher took his own life after being subjected to horrific homophobic abuse from a stalker, an inquest has heard." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "horrific" from real English texts.
What does "horrific" mean?
Horrific means: Causing horror; horrifying.
What are synonyms of "horrific"?
Common synonyms of "horrific" include: hideous, horrendous, frightening, fearsome, fearful, dreadful, dreaded, dread. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "horrific" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "horrific", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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