horrific in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   awful  dire  direful  dread  dreaded  dreadful  fearful  fearsome  frightening  horrendous  horrific  terrible 
   
2. grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
   "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
   hideous  horrid  horrific  outrageous