horrify

English

Etymology

horror +‎ -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/
  • (US) enPR: hôrʹə-fī, IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹəfaɪ/
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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.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:frighten

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References

  1. ↑ “horrify” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
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