different between horrific vs fearsome
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)
- 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
fearsome
English
Etymology
From fear +? -some. Compare German furchtsam (“fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome”), which this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.
Adjective
fearsome (comparative more fearsome, superlative most fearsome)
- frightening, especially in appearance.
- (rare or archaic) fearful, frightened
Related terms
- fear
- fearful
Translations
fearsome From the web:
- what fearsome mean
- what's fearsome in french
- fearsome what does it mean
- what does fearsome mean in english
- what does fearsome do legends of runeterra
- what is fearsome synonym
- what does fearsome warrior mean
- what does fearsome reputation mean
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