1. Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
   "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
   - hideous, horrid, outrageous 
2. Causing fear or dread or terror
   - awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible

See also: alarming, offensive

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