verb
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horrify
Horrify (verb) means to make someone feel very shocked or afraid.
verb
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To make someone feel very shocked or afraid.
"The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive."
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Etymology
Formed from horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (compare French horrifier); attested from 1791, in the form horrifying.
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What is the meaning of horrify?
"horrify" (verb) means to make someone feel very shocked or afraid.
What is another word for horrify?
Other words for "horrify" include dismay, appal, alarm, appall.
