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View usage for: (hɒrɪfaɪ, US hɔːr-) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense horrifies, present participle horrifying, past tense, past participle horrifiedverbIf someone is horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted, usually because of something that they have seen or heard. His family were horrified by the change. [be VERB-ed] ...a crime trend that will horrify all parents. [VERB noun] Synonyms: terrify, alarm, frighten, scare More Synonyms of horrify horrified adverb When I saw these figures I was horrified. Her father was horrified by the attitude of the consultant. More Synonyms of horrify horrify in British English (ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪ) verbWord forms: -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive)1. to cause feelings of horror in; terrify; frighten 2. to dismay or shock greatly Derived forms horrification (ˌhorrifiˈcation) noun horrify in American English (ˈhɔrəˌfaɪ; ˈhɑrəfaɪ) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhorriˌfied or ˈhorriˌfying1. to cause to feel horror 2. Informal to shock or disgust SIMILAR WORDS: disˈmay Derived forms horrification (ˌhorrifiˈcation) noun Word origin L horrificare < horrificus: see horrific Examples of 'horrify' in a sentencehorrify In other languageshorrify British English: horrify VERB If someone is horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted. His family were horrified by the change. - American English: horrify
- Brazilian Portuguese: horrorizar
- Chinese: 使感到惊骇
- European Spanish: horrorizar
- French: horrifier
- German: entsetzen
- Italian: inorridire
- Japanese: ぞっとさせる
- Korean: 끔찍해 하다
- European Portuguese: horrorizar
- Latin American Spanish: horrorizar
Definition to cause feelings of horror in (someone) a crime trend that will horrify the community Synonyms put the wind up (informal) make your hair stand on end scare the bejesus out of (informal) affright Opposites encourage , comfort , reassure , soothe , hearten Definition to cause feelings of horror in (someone) When I saw these figures I was horrified. Synonyms Opposites please , delight , enchant , gladden Additional synonymsDefinition to fill with fear We could not see what had alarmed him. Synonyms frighten, shock, scare, panic, distress, terrify, startle, rattle, dismay, daunt, unnerve, terrorize, put the wind up (informal), give (someone) a turn (informal), scare the bejesus out of (informal), make (someone's) hair stand on end Definition to fill with horror Such a waste of money appals me. Synonyms horrify, shock, alarm, frighten, scare, terrify, outrage, disgust, dishearten, revolt, intimidate, dismay, daunt, sicken, astound, harrow, unnerve, petrify, scandalize, make your hair stand on end (informal) Definition to sicken or fill with loathing He disgusted everyone with his boorish behaviour. Synonyms sicken, outrage, offend, revolt, put off, repel, nauseate, gross out (slang), turn your stomach, fill with loathing, cause aversion Additional synonymsDefinition to fill with alarm or depression The committee was dismayed by what it had been told. Synonyms alarm, frighten, scare, panic, distress, terrify, appal, startle, horrify, paralyse, unnerve, put the wind up (someone) (informal), give (someone) a turn (informal), affright, fill with consternation Definition to terrify or scare Most children are frightened by the sight of blood. Synonyms scare, shock, alarm, terrify, cow, appal, startle, intimidate, dismay, daunt, unnerve, petrify, unman, terrorize, scare (someone) stiff, put the wind up (someone) (informal), scare the living daylights out of (someone) (informal), make your hair stand on end (informal), get the wind up, make your blood run cold, throw into a panic, scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic), freeze your blood, make (someone) jump out of their skin (informal), throw into a fright Definition to subdue or influence (someone) through fear Attempts to intimidate people into voting for them failed. Synonyms frighten, pressure, threaten, alarm, scare, terrify, cow, bully, plague, menace, hound, awe, daunt, harass, subdue, oppress, persecute, lean on (informal), coerce, overawe, scare off (informal), terrorize, pressurize, browbeat, twist someone's arm (informal), tyrannize, dishearten, dispirit, scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic), domineerDefinition to stun or daze with fear His story petrified me. Synonyms terrify, horrify, amaze, astonish, stun, appal, paralyse, astound, confound, transfix, stupefy, immobilize, dumbfoundDefinition to frighten or be frightened She's just trying to scare me. Synonyms frighten, alarm, terrify, panic, shock, startle, intimidate, dismay, daunt, terrorize, put the wind up (someone) (informal), give (someone) a fright, give (someone) a turn (informal), scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic) Definition to make (someone) feel nauseated or disgusted What he saw there sickened him, despite years of police work. Synonyms disgust, revolt, nauseate, repel, gross out (slang), turn your stomach, make your gorge rise Definition to make (someone) very frightened The intruders terrorized the government employees. Synonyms terrify, alarm, frighten, scare, intimidate, petrify, scare to death, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, fill with terror, scare the bejesus out of (informal), frighten out of your wits, inspire panic in |