Vocabulary
Horrific
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
causing horror.
Urdu meaning
خوفناک، ڈراﺅنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The good news is that the recent SCO summit in its statement condemned the horrific killings in Pahalgam, and slammed terror attacks in Pakistan, namely the Jaffar Express slaughter.
- That`s a horrific toll, and there can be no question that ending the Russianlaunched war would be a spectacular achievement.
- As the horrific scenes played out, thelobby remained unfazed.
- The incident happened several weeks ago in Degari, Balochistan, we are told, and only became public when the men who`d brought her there for a `karo kari` (`honour` killing) posted a horrific video of her murder on social media.
- A young doctor working at a top trauma centre in the UK told me the week before last that three of his colleagues who rotate to Gaza to work there, saving lives on a voluntary basis, narrated a horrific experience.
Synonyms
dreadful, horrendous, horrifying, horrible, frightful, awful, terrible, fearful,
Antonyms
inoffensive, unalarming. awful, dire, direful
Curator example
“horrific injuries”
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