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horrify

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hor⋅ri⋅fy

  [hawr-uh-fahy, hor-]
Use horrify in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
2. to distress greatly; shock or dismay: She was horrified by the price of the house.
Origin:
1785–95; < L horrificāre to cause horror, equiv. to horri- (comb. form of horrēre to bristle with fear; see horrendous ) + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:
hor⋅ri⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
hor⋅ri⋅fy⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
frighten, terrify; repel, appall.
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hor·ri·fy   (hôr'ə-fī', hŏr'-)   
tr.v.   hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies

  1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay.

  2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock.


[Latin horrificāre, from horrificus, horrific; see horrific.]
hor'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., hor'ri·fy'ing·ly adv.
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