horrifically

horrific | American Dictionary

horrific
adjective
us/həˈrɪf·ɪk/
so bad as to be shocking:
The report detailed the horrific conditions in the prison.

Examples of horrific

horrific
Especially horrific were 1796, 1799, 1805, 1809, and 1813-15, for it was then that the biggest armies were present for longest.
Whilst the new $2.40 rate was maintained, the consequences of failure would have been horrific.
It was not long before commentators were reflecting upon the horrific nature of the unreformed criminal law.
She assiduously avoids the more horrific details of the fighting, leaving that account to the official historians.
From the first self-titled album, horrific events involving children appear to be a central focus.
Colourful vignettes abound, some of them horrific reminders of the uncertainties of colonial urban life.
There are a number of reasons why a child may not want to recall and rehearse the details of traumatic or horrific events.
Instances of horrific crimes committed by teens and officially documented cases of bullying at the middle-school level continue to increase.
His barbarous idols are horrific caricatures of the real thing.
Yes, horrific threats require weighty interventions, including even the involuntary detainment of law-abiding citizens thought to be possible disease vectors.
The next day brought another unit, whose behaviour was very different and quite horrific.
In as far as the general public knew the novel, it was for its reputation for violence as horrific as any ' 'video nasty.
But one horrific incident is perhaps indicative of the general pattern.
Of all of these, perhaps the most horrific is the undead dead.
What else can you call it when someone assures you that even the most horrific suffering is negligible in comparison with an eternity of happiness?
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