horrific vs dreadful

horrific and dreadful both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, horrific and dreadful are synonyms defined as:

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

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