horrific vs direful

horrific and direful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, horrific and direful are synonyms defined as:

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

horrific (adjective)	direful (adjective)
causing fear or dread or terror	causing fear or dread or terror
grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror