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
The euphoria of scoring three goals in each half was somewhat blighted by the horrific injury to Koné.
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Mark Hodge,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Simmons-Hancock's horrific murder and her friendship with Parker were covered in the documentary Maternal Instinct, which came to Netflix on June 12.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
There’s a number of different ways to skin a horrific cat.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
While the allegations are horrific, the incident was far from isolated.
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Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Mark Hodge,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
Simmons-Hancock's horrific murder and her friendship with Parker were covered in the documentary Maternal Instinct, which came to Netflix on June 12.
—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
There’s a number of different ways to skin a horrific cat.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 June 2026
While the allegations are horrific, the incident was far from isolated.
—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrific
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The men escape, but their frantic exit leads them through the gruesome Terminus food-supply dungeon, where fresh corpses hang on meathooks.
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With two gruesome losses, meanwhile, Tunisia — Netherlands’ foe Thursday at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium — has been eliminated already and cannot advance to the knockout round, no matter the outcome in KC.
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The 29-year-old began her comeback Saturday at the American Classic in Champlin, Minnesota, just days after announcing her shocking return to the sport.
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Cape Verde earned three draws in the group stage – the shocking Spain result, running with Uruguay in the second match and ending up in a scoreless draw with Saudi Arabia in Houston on Friday.
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.
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The production quality was terrible.
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But in May of 1943, a terrible fire burned his studio to the ground.
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But the 22-year-old is not alone in having a nightmare individual performance on a high-profile sporting stage.
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This is the nightmare scenario for California Democrats.
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Canada’s 6-0 thrashing of Qatar in its second FIFA World Cup match would’ve been perfect on Thursday afternoon if not for an injury to Ismaël Koné that can only be described as horrifying.
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That gap between horrifying fact and escapist fantasy is what makes Huston’s film so fascinating now.
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Earlier movie versions have managed the story’s most frightening moments with the limited technology available at the time—much plastic and spongy stuff; monsters in process shots looming over little men; papier-mâché boulders flung from hilltops.
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Even more frightening, the percentage exceeded 50% in many groups, including insects, terrestrial vertebrates, and marine species.
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“Horrific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrific. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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