dreadful vs horrific

dreadful and horrific both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dreadful	No	Yes	No	No
horrific	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, dreadful and horrific are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dreadful include awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible.

dreadful (adjective)	horrific (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	causing fear or dread or terror
exceptionally bad or displeasing	grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
extremely disagreeable and unpleasant