horrify

(hôrə fī′, här-)

transitive verb horrified, horrifying

  1. to cause to feel horror
  2. Informal to shock or disgust

Origin: L horrificare < horrificus: see horrific

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See horrify in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb 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.

Origin:

Origin: Latin horrificāre

Origin: , from horrificus, horrific; see horrific

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Related Forms:

  • horˌri·fi·caˈtion (-fĭ-kāˈshən) noun
  • horˈri·fyˌing·ly adverb

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