Horrific
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
Example sentence: If you've been to China, you know there are over 100 cities in China, and the pollution levels are just horrific - 60,000 people a year die in Chinese factories and facilities because they don't have any safety regulations. It's a carnage; it's Dickensian.
Hideous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Frightful; shocking; extremely ugly.Distressing or offensive to the ear; horrible.Hateful; shocking.
Example sentence: When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: 'Here comes the bride, all fat and wide.' Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.