horrific

• horrifick (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horrere (“to be horrible”) + -ficare (“to make (in comp.)”): confer French horrifique. See horror, -fy.

• Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

horrific (comparative more horrific, superlative most horrific)

1. Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.

• Like many terms that start with a non-silent h but have emphasis on their second syllable, some people precede horrific with an, others with a.

• horrible
• horrifical
• horrification
• horrify
• horror
• horrendous