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Horrify

Hor′ri-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Horrified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Horrifying
.]
[L.
horrificare
. See
Horrific
.]
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror;
as, the sight
horrified
the beholders
.
E. Irving.

Definition 2024


horrify

horrify

English

Verb

horrify (third-person singular simple present horrifies, present participle horrifying, simple past and past participle horrified)

  1. To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
    The haunted house was horrifying, from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

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References

  1. horrify” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).