horrific (
http://definr.com/horrific)
adj 1: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern
of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining
industry" [syn:
hideous,
horrid,
outrageous]
2: 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"
[syn:
awful,
dire,
direful,
dread(a),
dreaded,
dreadful,
fearful,
fearsome,
frightening,
horrendous,
terrible]