to horrify
90
4.3
- verb
- /ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/
:
horrorizar
- My own students were horrified by the demonstrations and grieved at their success.
- horrified to learn
- horrified to discover
- horrified to find
It's like the thing that maybe would horrify us, right?
- It's like the thing that maybe would horrify us, right?
- And that report came back, and the whole committee, Republican and Democrat, was horrified.
- I think the only answer that could horrify me is if you said bluebell black walnut.
- Like those books were horrifying and full of information and gripping and I loved all of them.
- And I was like, Oh my God, that look you gave me still horrifies and terrifies me.
Examples
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All that we bemoan, all that horrifies us, is but a tax on life.
Fiction book (1991) -
Their father would have been horrified.
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It's like the thing that maybe would horrify us, right?
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And he works out all this in great detail, enough to horrify you, but it's really is readable.
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We imagine a future, and our imaginings horrify us.
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I want you to be horrified.
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You must have been horrified.
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A casual examination of its record will horrify anyone who believes in the advantages of democracy.
Academic text (2001) -
The idealist he once was was horrified by what he had done.
Fiction book (1991) -
The graphic images from the war documentary horrified the audience.
Synonyms
540
1.0
To make someone feel afraid
148
3.2
To make someone feel very frightened
64
5.5
To make someone feel shocked and very upset by something cruel or wrong
59
3.7
To frighten someone very much
56
6.7
To make someone very afraid
7
4.8
To make someone so frightened that they cannot move or think
5
8.8
To make someone very afraid
5
9.0
To frighten someone very much by a sudden event or loud noise
3
5.6
To make someone very afraid
Make someone feel sudden shock or disgust
Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling
Antonyms
How Horrifying
7
4.8
148
3.2
90
4.3
∞
1.0
133
1.9
131
3.7
7
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Horrify comes from the old Latin verb horrēre, which meant 'to shiver' or 'to make the hair stand on end' and is the same root as horror and horrible. So to horrify someone is to cause strong shock, fear, or disgust, like making their hair stand up.