as in gruesome
extremely disturbing or repellent
horrific images of the devastation spurred many people to give generously
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Recent Examples of horrific
Casap may never change after ‘horrific’ crimes First-degree intentional homicide carries a mandatory life sentence.
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Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
With a team decorated with transfers, the Aggies built a roster to improve on last year's horrific season.
—Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
In April 2022, a student at Millbrook High filmed himself committing a horrific act of violence.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
These horrific crimes by bloodthirsty aliens happen here, too.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
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Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
With a team decorated with transfers, the Aggies built a roster to improve on last year's horrific season.
—Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
In April 2022, a student at Millbrook High filmed himself committing a horrific act of violence.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2026
These horrific crimes by bloodthirsty aliens happen here, too.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrific
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War isn’t the only thing in the Outlander universe that can deliver a gruesome death.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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The filings also revealed a gruesome new detail about the case and provided some clarity about Burke’s status in the eyes of prosecutors.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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Given how well Queta has played this season, that at-the-rim scoring binge was impressive, but not shocking.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Pasquantino piloted his team to the biggest win in Italian baseball history inside the same ballpark with their shocking 8-6 victory over Team USA on Tuesday.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Arsenal, like Chelsea and City, have that horrible Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday schedule to contend with.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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At this point, however, this news is neither insignificant nor horrible.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Even if the football this summer is terrible, plenty of the teams are going to look great.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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In the 1970s-1980s, all the agricultural talk in the Mississippi Delta was whether the boll weevil would be terrible or just awful this coming fall.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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But the 22-year-old is not alone in having a nightmare individual performance on a high-profile sporting stage.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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This is the nightmare scenario for California Democrats.—
Tom Charron,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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These shots mostly come in the form of horrifying faces or masks that momentarily peek through the darkness.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Mainly focused on Evy (Nina Kiri), a skeptic caring for her ailing mother, Undertone features atmospheric, creepy sound design as Evy obsessively works to decipher the audio to horrifying results.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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While any leukemia diagnosis is frightening, the prognosis for hairy cell leukemia is generally excellent with treatment, Tsarwhas, the LFH oncology director, noted.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The risk of crew loss during the Apollo moon missions was a rather frightening 1 in 10, according to the OIG report.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Horrific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrific. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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