Definition of horrifies Horrifies
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What does horrifies mean?
Part of speech
🔤- horrifies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of horrify (infinitive).
WordNet
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| horrify - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us" | ||
| dismay, alarm, appal, appall | ||
| affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| shock subject to electrical shocks | ||
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Wiktionary 
- horrify (Verb)
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- horrify (v. t.)
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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horrify
hor′-i-fī, v.t. to strike with horror:—pa.p. horr′ified.—adj. Horrif′ic, exciting horror: frightful. [L. horrificus—horror, horror, facĕre, to make.]
Part of speech
🔤- horrify, verb, present, 1st person singular of horrify (infinitive).
- horrify, verb (infinitive).
