英语词汇“horrify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

horrify

/ˈhɒrɪfʌɪ

verb (horrifies, horrifying, horrified) [with object]

Fill with horror; shock greatly: they were horrified by the very idea (as adjective horrified) the horrified spectators (as adjective horrifying) a horrifying incident...

A television documentary showing graphic pictures of an abortion will shock and horrify viewers, according to an Old Town mother who went through a similar procedure.
I have no doubt that it shocks, perhaps even horrifies our young audiences but we make no apology for that.
I sit here in shock, horrified by the truth and thankful that I had driven home alone.

Synonyms

frighten, scare, terrify, petrify, alarm, panic, terrorize, scare stiff, scare/frighten to death, fill with fear, scare someone out of their wits, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, throw into a panic, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone's blood run cold

informal scare the pants off, make someone's hair curl

British informal throw into a blue funk, put the wind up

Irish informal scare the bejesus out of

North American informal spook

vulgar slang scare shitless, scare the shit out of

archaic affright

shock, appal, outrage, scandalize, offend, dismay, throw off balance;

disgust, revolt, repel, nauseate, sicken

informal rattle, faze, knock sideways, knock for six

archaic pother

Derivatives

horrification

/hɒrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ...

She stared at him in utter horrification, ‘You violated me!’
She took one more step and to her most utter horrification, lost her footing against the back of something and promptly fell forward, shrieking as she collided with what felt like another body.
Her look was one of pure disgust and horrification.

horrifiedly

/ˈhɒrɪfʌɪdli/ adverb ...

All four of us started and looked at each other horrifiedly.
Still, it saddens and amuses me every time I am asked horrifiedly if I really have no interest in, or knowledge of, the machinations of today's governments.
When he saw me looking horrifiedly at the wreckage he skulked off and buried himself in the deepest corner of his doghouse and pretended to vanish.

horrifyingly

/ˈhɒrɪfʌɪɪŋli

/ adverb

[as submodifier]: horrifyingly flimsy boats...

Some people's lives have clearly gone terribly, horrifyingly wrong when it is possible for them to kill innocent little children.
The images of abuse and brutality he records are horrifyingly familiar.
The opening air-raid sequence is horrifyingly matter-of-fact in its brutality; there is no incidental music, no aestheticized or distanced depictions of death.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin horrificare, from horrificus (see horrific).

单词	horrify
释义	horrify /ˈhɒrɪfʌɪ / verb (horrifies, horrifying, horrified) [with object] Fill with horror; shock greatly: they were horrified by the very idea (as adjective horrified) the horrified spectators (as adjective horrifying) a horrifying incident... A television documentary showing graphic pictures of an abortion will shock and horrify viewers, according to an Old Town mother who went through a similar procedure. I have no doubt that it shocks, perhaps even horrifies our young audiences but we make no apology for that. I sit here in shock, horrified by the truth and thankful that I had driven home alone. Synonyms frighten, scare, terrify, petrify, alarm, panic, terrorize, scare stiff, scare/frighten to death, fill with fear, scare someone out of their wits, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, throw into a panic, make someone's hair stand on end, make someone's blood run cold informal scare the pants off, make someone's hair curl British informal throw into a blue funk, put the wind up Irish informal scare the bejesus out of North American informal spook vulgar slang scare shitless, scare the shit out of archaic affright shock, appal, outrage, scandalize, offend, dismay, throw off balance; disgust, revolt, repel, nauseate, sicken informal rattle, faze, knock sideways, knock for six archaic pother Derivatives horrification /hɒrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ... She stared at him in utter horrification, ‘You violated me!’ She took one more step and to her most utter horrification, lost her footing against the back of something and promptly fell forward, shrieking as she collided with what felt like another body. Her look was one of pure disgust and horrification. horrifiedly /ˈhɒrɪfʌɪdli/ adverb ... All four of us started and looked at each other horrifiedly. Still, it saddens and amuses me every time I am asked horrifiedly if I really have no interest in, or knowledge of, the machinations of today's governments. When he saw me looking horrifiedly at the wreckage he skulked off and buried himself in the deepest corner of his doghouse and pretended to vanish. horrifyingly /ˈhɒrɪfʌɪɪŋli / adverb [as submodifier]: horrifyingly flimsy boats... Some people's lives have clearly gone terribly, horrifyingly wrong when it is possible for them to kill innocent little children. The images of abuse and brutality he records are horrifyingly familiar. The opening air-raid sequence is horrifyingly matter-of-fact in its brutality; there is no incidental music, no aestheticized or distanced depictions of death. Origin Late 18th century: from Latin horrificare, from horrificus (see horrific).
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