horrify

English

Etymology

From horror +‎ -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/
• (US) enPR: hôrʹə-fī, IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹəfaɪ/

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Verb

horrify (third-person singular simple present horrifies, present participle horrifying, simple past and past participle horrified)

1. To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

   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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:frighten

Derived terms

• horrification

Related terms

• horrible
• horrid
• horrific
• horror
• horrendous

Translations

to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease

• Bulgarian: ужасявам (bg) (užasjavam), шокирам (bg) (šokiram)
• Czech: děsit (cs)
• Finnish: kauhistuttaa (fi), hirvittää (fi)
• Galician: arrepiar (gl)
• German: entsetzen (de), erschrecken (de), schockieren (de)
• Latin: horrificō
• Romanian: înfiora (ro), îngrozi (ro), oripila (ro)
• Spanish: horripilar (es)