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horrified

[ hawr-uh-fahyd, hor- ]

adjective

  1. showing or indicating great shock or horror:

    a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.

  2. accompanied or characterized by a feeling of horror:

    horrified interest.

  3. struck with horror; shocked:

    horrified and outraged spectators.



horrified

/ ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

  1. terrified; frightened
  2. dismayed or shocked


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Other Words From

  • hor·ri·fied·ly [hawr, -, uh, -fahyd-lee, -fahy-id-, hor, -], adverb
  • un·horri·fied adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of horrified1

First recorded in 1830–40; horrify + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

I was, she diagnosed, half joking and half horrified, a “digital hoarder.”

And when he shaved clean the perfectly coiffed hair, she was viscerally horrified.

“My grandmother was horrified, she really wanted me to lead a wonderful life,” Vreeland says now.

The queen was so horrified that all her blood rushed to her heart when she realized that Little Snow White was alive once again.

Her heartbroken and horrified brother, Sam Jones, made the identification.

Consequently the horrified spectators, having for a moment looked on aghast, fled precipitately from the room.

But Weirmarsh, with his innate cunning, presented to him a picture of exposure and degradation which held him horrified.

Startled and horrified, Georgie had become in regard to her cousin, that born intriguer, but as clay in the hands of the potter.

Was it any wonder that she was horrified when she recalled that gruesome episode of the death of a brave and honest man?

One of them was when he had proposed to adopt a Belgian child, and Aunt Harriet had offered horrified protest.

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