horrific
hor|rif|ic /hər'ɪfɪk, AM hɔːr-/
1 [ADJ]
If you describe a physical attack, accident, or injury as horrific, you mean that it is very bad, so that people are shocked when they see it or think about it.
I have never seen such horrific injuries...
= horrendous
● horrifically [ADV] ADV with v
He had been horrifically assaulted before he died.
2 [ADJ]
If you describe something as horrific, you mean that it is so big that it is extremely unpleasant.
...piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.
= horrendous
● horrifically [ADV] ADV adj
Opera productions are horrifically expensive.
1 [ADJ]
If you describe a physical attack, accident, or injury as horrific, you mean that it is very bad, so that people are shocked when they see it or think about it.
I have never seen such horrific injuries...
= horrendous
● horrifically [ADV] ADV with v
He had been horrifically assaulted before he died.
2 [ADJ]
If you describe something as horrific, you mean that it is so big that it is extremely unpleasant.
...piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.
= horrendous
● horrifically [ADV] ADV adj
Opera productions are horrifically expensive.