horrifyv.
/ˈhɒrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈhɔrəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To cause or excite horror in; to move to horror.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > horrify [verb (transitive)]
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to chill the (also a person's) blood1637
horror1642
horrorize1820
horrify1822
behorror1857
to curl (a person's) hair1949
1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 394 I..was horrified by a grisly apparition of stumps, the hallowed woods having lately been cut down by the monks of St. Bernard.
1899 N.E.D. at Horrify Mod. He horrified me by playing cards on Sunday.
Derivatives
ˈhorrified adj.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [adjective] > horrified
horrified1875
grueful1880
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 160 We start back horrified from this Platonic ideal.
1899 N.E.D. at Horrify Mod. I looked at him with a horrified air.
ˈhorrifying adj.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective]
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horrorish1847
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1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 190 The thundering alligator has ended his horrifying roar.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 7 In a way horrifying to Quakers.
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