horrific
UKhərifik
UShɔ'rıfık
معنی فارسی
ترسناک هولناک
معنی کامل و مثالها
/hô rif´ik, hǝ-/adj.
● وحشت انگیز، دهشت افزا (رجوع شود به: horrible)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'horrificus' (causing dread), from 'horrere' (to tremble) + 'facere' (to make).
مثال
- The accident scene was horrific.
- She described the ordeal as the most horrific experience of her life.
- The movie was filled with horrific scenes of violence.
ترکیبهای رایج
horrific accident horrific scene horrific experience horrific consequences
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- causing fear or dread or terror “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”
- grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror “subjected to outrageous cruelty” “a hideous pattern of injustice” “horrific conditions in the mining industry”
مترادفها
adjective
Frightful. See horrid.