Word · Frequency #8628
horrific
令人毛骨悚然的，感到恐惧的
causing horror, fear, or dread; also grossly offensive to decency or morality
- 1.
Causing horror; horrifying.
引起恐惧的；令人恐惧的。
引起恐惧的；令人恐惧的。；令人毛骨悚然的；感到恐惧的
In use
The horrific news left everyone speechless.
The horror movie was so horrific that I had to cover my eyes.
The smell from the dumpster was absolutely horrific.
horrific + noun
The horrific scene shocked everyone.
那令人毛骨悚然的场景震惊了所有人。
be + horrific
The accident was horrific.
那场事故令人毛骨悚然。
find + something + horrific
find + 宾语 + 形容词，表示认为某物具有某种属性。
I find the news horrific.
我觉得这消息令人恐惧。
Common mistakes
He screamed horrific.He screamed horrifically.
horrific是形容词，修饰名词；而这里需要用副词horrifically来修饰动词screamed。
I felt horrific after watching that horror movie.I felt horrified after watching that horror movie.
horrific表示令人恐惧的，而描述人的感受应该用过去分词horrified（感到恐惧的）。
Connections
Collocations
- horrific accident
- 可怕的事故
- There was a horrific accident on the highway yesterday.昨天高速公路上发生了一起可怕的事故。
- horrific crime
- 骇人听闻的罪行
- The murderer committed a horrific crime.那个凶手犯下了骇人听闻的罪行。
- horrific scene
- 恐怖的场面
- The firefighters witnessed a horrific scene at the explosion site.消防员在爆炸现场目睹了恐怖的场面。
- horrific experience
- 可怕的经历
- She had a horrific experience during the earthquake.她在地震中经历了一次可怕的经历。
- horrific conditions
- 可怕的条件
- The prisoners lived under horrific conditions.囚犯们生活在可怕的条件中。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将 horrific 拆分为 horror（恐怖）+ fic（做），联想为‘制造恐怖的事物’，由此记住其‘令人毛骨悚然的’含义。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、个人经历描述、文学描写 通常用于描述令人震惊或恐惧的事件，在正式和非正式场合均可使用，比较常见于新闻报道和个人叙述中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the final /ɪfɪk/ syllables and rhyme with 'horrific'. Note that words like 'horrify' (/ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/) end in -ify and do not rhyme; they have a different vowel sound.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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