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[ hawr-uh-fahy, hor- ] / ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR horrify ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing.to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all. to distress greatly; shock or dismay: She was horrified by the price of the house. Origin of horrify1785–95; <Latin horrificāre to cause horror, equivalent to horri- (combining form of horrēre to bristle with fear; see horrendous) + -ficāre-fy SYNONYMS FOR horrifyfrighten, terrify; repel, appall. SEE SYNONYMS FOR horrify ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM horrifyhor·ri·fi·ca·tion, nounhor·ri·fy·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby horrifyhorrible, horribly, horrid, horrific, horrified, horrify, horrifying, horripilate, horripilation, horror, horrors Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for horrifyThere's a captive audience for TV shows starring people who horrify us with their behavior. Our Pop Culture Wish List for 2014|Kevin Fallon|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST But it cannot surprise anyone at this point that the sorts of things that horrify decent people do not horrify Ron Paul. The Ron Paul Institute: Be Afraid, Very Afraid|James Kirchick|April 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Understanding is not sanction: these crimes still have the power to anger and horrify. There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre|Megan McArdle|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST Every day, newspapers and television outlets battled to see who could horrify more people with fewer words. Pandemic of Fear|Michael Specter|October 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST
This idea—becoming part of the star machine in any way—seems to horrify Friend. Revenge of the Wallflower|Fiona Golfar|June 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST Neither did she guess 196 that something was impending that was bound to surprise and horrify her. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson|Laura Dent Crane Too transparently throughout the play the intention of the poet is to horrify. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck|Jethro Bithell It's rather a dismaying conclusion when it's dragged out in the open like that, and it seems to horrify him. The Short Life|Francis Donovan I do understand you, said Damier, but you horrify me none the less. The Rescue|Anne Douglas Sedgwick These particulars are too frightful to present in full, for they could only horrify the reader. The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer|Edward Sylvester Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for horrify
verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)to cause feelings of horror in; terrify; frighten to dismay or shock greatly Derived forms of horrifyhorrification, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to horrifydismay, intimidate, frighten, alarm, shock, appall, sicken, disgust, shake, outrage, daunt, petrify, terrify, consternate, affright, terrorize |