Horrific /(?)/

Hor·rif·ic

Horrific

a.

[L. horrifieus; horrere to be horrible + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. horrifique. See Horror, -fy.]

Causing horror; frightful.
Let . . . nothing ghastly or horrific be supposed.
— I. Taylor.

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