different between horrific vs revolting

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

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??lt??

Verb

revolting

1. present participle of revolt

   The peasants are revolting!

Noun

revolting (countable and uncountable, plural revoltings)

1. revolution (The action of the verb to revolt)
   • 1837, The American Biblical Repository (volume 9, page 316)

     Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.

Adjective

revolting (comparative more revolting, superlative most revolting)

1. repulsive, disgusting

   The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.

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