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horrific
adjective
Causing fear or dread or terror
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həˈɹɪfɪk
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adjective
Causing fear or dread or terror
“The awful war”
adjective
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
“Subjected to outrageous cruelty”
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The awful war
An awful risk
Dire news
A career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
The dread presence of the headmaster
Subjected to outrageous cruelty
A hideous pattern of injustice
Horrific conditions in the mining industry
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