Horrific
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
Example sentence: I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
Dire
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Example sentence: The beauty standards had nothing to do with me in Mexico. It was such a bizarre, dire time for my hair. I was living in a small town where there was not any semblance of an African community. I'd have to take the bus to Mexico City to find a woman who could braid my hair. That was two and a half hours away.