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horrific

English

Alternative forms

  • horrifick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin horrificus, from horre? (“to be afraid”) + -fic? (“to make”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /h????f?k/, /h????f?k/, /h????f?k/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h????f?k/, /h????f?k/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /h????f?k/, /h????f?k/
  • Rhymes: -?f?k

Adjective

horrific (comparative more horrific, superlative most horrific)

  1. Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening

Usage notes

  • 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.

Related terms

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

Translations

horrific From the web:

  • what horrific mean
  • what horrific experience did douglas

eerie

English

Alternative forms

  • eery

Etymology

From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /???i/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????i/
  • Rhymes: -??ri
  • Homophone: Erie

Adjective

eerie (comparative eerier, superlative eeriest)

  1. Strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
    Synonyms: creepy, spooky
  2. (Scotland) Frightened, timid.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

  • eerily (adverb)
  • eeriness (noun)
  • eerisome

Translations

eerie From the web:

  • what eerie means
  • what eerie in tagalog
  • what is eerie silence meaning
  • what eeriest means
  • eerie what happened to anna
  • eerie what does it mean
  • eerie what is the definition
  • eerie what part of speech
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