Definition of horrifying Horrifying

/hɔˈɹʌfajˌɪŋ/ - [horufaying] - hor•ri•fy•ing

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What does horrifying mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

horrifying - provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
  atrocious, frightful, horrible, ugly
  alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger
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  • horrifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Horrify

Part of speech

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  • horrifying, verb, gerund of horrify (infinitive).

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