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say it: haw-RIF-ik
horrific is an adjective meaning "grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror". It is pronounced /hɔˈɹɪfɪk/ — haw-RIF-ik. It carries 2 recorded senses.
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
“subjected to outrageous cruelty”
“a hideous pattern of injustice”
“horrific conditions in the mining industry”
causing fear or dread or terror
“the awful war”
“an awful risk”
“dire news”
“a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”
“the dread presence of the headmaster”
“polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was”
“a dreadful storm”
“a fearful howling”
“horrendous explosions shook the city”
“a terrible curse”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for horrific come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.