| 单词 | horrific |
| 释义 | horrific (once / 7238 pages) adj Something horrific causes horror. It’s disastrous and makes you shudder with fear. Yikes! If something horrific, like a deadly car crash, makes your hair stand up, you’re onto something. Horrific comes from the Latin word horrificus — which, if you trace it back, literally means “making the hair stand on end.” Anything horrific fills you with horror and makes you bristle. If you lose your hat, that’s a bummer. A serial killer’s rampage? That's horrific. Save horrific for things that are so scary your hair stands up, or feels like it is. WORD FAMILYhorrific: horrifically USAGE EXAMPLESBrazil's prison system is precariously overcrowded and conditions in many institutions are horrific. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Brazil’s prison system is precariously overcrowded and conditions in many institutions are horrific. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) He’s a very unctuous, oily, truly horrific villain who the audience will enjoy despising. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror horrific conditions in the mining industry Syn hideous, horrid, outrageous offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses 2adj causing fear or dread or terror Syn awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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