horrificadj.

Brit.

/həˈrɪfɪk/, U.S.

/hɔˈrɪfɪk/,

/həˈrɪfɪk/

Etymology: < French horrifique (1532 Rabelais) or < Latin horrificus , causing tremor or terror, frightful, < stem of horrēre : see horre v. and -fic suffix.

Causing horror, horrifying.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective]

atelOE

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horrendc1420

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horrious?1520

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1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxxiv. 219 Now (my Masters) you have heard a beginning of the horrifick history.

1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 165 The huge Incumbrance of horrific Woods.

1799 J. West Tale of Times I. 5 The lover of the wonderful and the admirer of the horrific.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxiii. 259 To add the horrific incidents.

1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 83 The horrific plays a much less important part in human experience than it once did.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xviii. 243 A thrill of horrific wonder and delight.

Derivatives

hoˈrrifically adv. in a horrific manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adverb]

grislyc1200

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1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 193 Mars..did raise his Voice..horrifically loud.

1830 Westm. Rev. 13 364 Something horrifically picturesque.

1972 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 2/6 The Aldershot explosion which caused the deaths of seven people went ‘horrifically wrong’ as an act of IRA retaliation, said Miss Bernadette Devlin.

1972 Oxf. Times 27 Oct. 19/1 A young doctor is promised a job..if he can discover which of four horrifically insane patients is really the head of the asylum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	horrific
释义	horrificadj. Brit. /həˈrɪfɪk/, U.S. /hɔˈrɪfɪk/, /həˈrɪfɪk/ Etymology: < French horrifique (1532 Rabelais) or < Latin horrificus , causing tremor or terror, frightful, < stem of horrēre : see horre v. and -fic suffix. Causing horror, horrifying. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective] atelOE grislya1150 atelichc1175 grisfula1300 ugly13.. hideous1303 horrible1303 ghastlyc1305 stout1338 horrendc1420 ugsomec1425 grisilc1440 execrable1490 uggle1499 horrious?1520 uglisome1530 ugglesome1561 gruesome1570 grisy1590 gashfulc1600 horrid1602 ghast1622 gashly1627 horrific1653 horrendous1661 horrorous1756 horrifying1791 horrorish1847 grauly1848 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxxiv. 219 Now (my Masters) you have heard a beginning of the horrifick history. 1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 165 The huge Incumbrance of horrific Woods. 1799 J. West Tale of Times I. 5 The lover of the wonderful and the admirer of the horrific. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxiii. 259 To add the horrific incidents. 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 83 The horrific plays a much less important part in human experience than it once did. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xviii. 243 A thrill of horrific wonder and delight. Derivatives hoˈrrifically adv. in a horrific manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adverb] grislyc1200 atelichec1275 uglilya1300 hideously1340 horribly1340 grisfullya1382 uglyc1420 gastfullyc1449 ugsomelyc1450 horriferouslyc1626 gashly1628 hideous1667 horrifically1693 ghastily1829 ghastlily1830 gruesomely1893 grizzel1898 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 193 Mars..did raise his Voice..horrifically loud. 1830 Westm. Rev. 13 364 Something horrifically picturesque. 1972 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 2/6 The Aldershot explosion which caused the deaths of seven people went ‘horrifically wrong’ as an act of IRA retaliation, said Miss Bernadette Devlin. 1972 Oxf. Times 27 Oct. 19/1 A young doctor is promised a job..if he can discover which of four horrifically insane patients is really the head of the asylum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1653
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