horrific

Adjective
  1. Grossly offensive to decency or morality;
    Causing horror (synset 301630743)
    "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
    similar to: offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
    same as: hideous, horrid, outrageous
  2. Causing fear or dread or terror (synset 300195400)
    "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"
    similar to: alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
    same as: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible

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