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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 beholdersE. Irving.
Definition 2025
horrify
horrify
English
Verb
horrify (third-person singular simple present horrifies, present participle horrifying, simple past and past participle horrified)
- 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.
Synonyms
- See Wikisaurus:frighten
Derived terms
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Translations
to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease