Horrific — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

causing fear or dread or terror

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hɔːɹˈɪfɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/hˌaɪdɹəstˈatɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˌaɪdɹəstˈatɪkəl/

3 syllables Say it as /hɔːɹˈɪfɪk/.

Examples

subjected to outrageous cruelty
a hideous pattern of injustice
horrific conditions in the mining industry

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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

Parts of Speech

adjective	grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror “subjected to outrageous cruelty”
adjective	causing fear or dread or terror “the awful war”

Word Forms

horridness	noun	a quality of extreme unpleasantness
outrage	noun	a disgraceful event
outrageousness	noun	the quality of being outrageous
awfulness	noun	a quality of extreme unpleasantness
dread	noun	fearful expectation or anticipation
terribleness	noun	a quality of extreme unpleasantness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schrecklich

grober Verstoß gegen den Anstand oder die Moral; für Schrecken sorgen

🇫🇷French

horrible

gravement offensant pour la décence ou la moralité ; provoquant l'horreur

🇪🇸Spanish

horrendo

extremadamente ofensivo a la decencia o la moralidad; causando horror

🇮🇹Italian

orribile

gravemente offensivo per la decenza o la moralità; provocando orrore

🇳🇱Dutch

gruwelijk

op grove wijze beledigend voor het fatsoen of de moraal; horror veroorzaken

🇵🇹Portuguese

horrível

grosseiramente ofensivo à decência ou à moralidade; causando horror

🇷🇺Russian

ужасный

грубо оскорбительные для порядочности или морали; вызывающий ужас

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भीषण

शालीनता या नैतिकता के लिए घोर अपमानजनक; आतंक पैदा कर रहा है

🇧🇩Bengali

ভয়ঙ্কর

শালীনতা বা নৈতিকতার জন্য চরমভাবে আপত্তিকর; ভয়াবহতা সৃষ্টি করে

🇮🇳Tamil

பயங்கரமான

கண்ணியம் அல்லது ஒழுக்கத்தை கடுமையாக புண்படுத்தும்; திகில் ஏற்படுத்தும்

🇮🇳Telugu

భయంకరమైన

మర్యాద లేదా నైతికతకు తీవ్ర అభ్యంతరకరం; భయానకతను కలిగిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

भयानक

सभ्यता किंवा नैतिकतेसाठी अत्यंत आक्षेपार्ह; भय निर्माण करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભયાનક

શિષ્ટાચાર અથવા નૈતિકતા માટે ઘોર અપમાનજનક; ભયાનકતાનું કારણ બને છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭಯಾನಕ

ಸಭ್ಯತೆ ಅಥವಾ ನೈತಿಕತೆಗೆ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಆಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರಿ; ಭಯಾನಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭയാനകമായ

മാന്യതയ്‌ക്കോ ധാർമ്മികതയ്‌ക്കോ കടുത്ത നിന്ദ്യമാണ്; ഭീകരത ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਿਆਨਕ

ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਟਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਨੈਤਿਕਤਾ ਲਈ ਘੋਰ ਅਪਮਾਨਜਨਕ; ਦਹਿਸ਼ਤ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

خوفناک

شائستگی یا اخلاقیات کے لیے انتہائی ناگوار؛ وحشت کا باعث

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

可怕的

严重冒犯正派或道德；造成恐怖

🇯🇵Japanese

恐ろしい

良識または道徳に著しく違反するもの。恐怖を引き起こす

🇰🇷Korean

무서운

품위나 도덕성에 심하게 모욕적입니다. 공포를 불러일으키는

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khủng khiếp

xúc phạm nghiêm trọng đến sự đoan trang hoặc đạo đức; gây kinh hoàng

🇹🇭Thai

น่ากลัว

เป็นการล่วงละเมิดศีลธรรมหรือศีลธรรมอย่างร้ายแรง ทำให้เกิดความสยองขวัญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

mengerikan

sangat menyinggung kesopanan atau moralitas; menimbulkan kengerian

🇵🇭Filipino

kakila-kilabot

lubhang nakakasakit sa kagandahang-asal o moralidad; nagdudulot ng lagim

🇲🇾Malay

ngeri

sangat menyinggung kesopanan atau kesusilaan; menyebabkan seram

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مروع

إهانة جسيمة للآداب أو الأخلاق؛ تسبب الرعب

🇮🇷Persian

وحشتناک

توهین شدید به نجابت یا اخلاق؛ ایجاد وحشت

🇹🇷Turkish

korkunç

ahlaka veya ahlaka büyük ölçüde saldırgan; dehşete neden olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַחרִיד

פוגעני מאוד בהגינות או במוסר; גורם לאימה

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