horrify

horrify
v
1. shock, startle, astound, stun, stupefy, paralyze, petrify; appall, consternate, daunt, unnerve, abash, floor; disturb, distress, harrow, agitate, dismay; outrage, scandalize, shock, Sl. gross out; disgust, nauseate, sicken, Inf. turn one's stomach; offend, repel, repulse, Sl. turn [s.o.] off, Inf. put [s.o.] off.
2. terrify, frighten, frighten out of one's wits, scare, scare to death, panic, throw into a panic, Sl. curl one's hair, Inf. make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, Inf. scare stiff; alarm, startle, Inf. make [s.o.] jump out of his skin; Inf. scare the living daylights out of [s.o.]; terrorize, intimidate, Sl. freak [s.o.] out.

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  • Horrify — Hor ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Horrifying}.] [L. horrificare. See {Horrific}.] To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. E. Irving. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • horrify — index frighten, offend (insult), repel (disgust) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • horrify — (v.) 1791 (implied in horrifying), from HORROR (Cf. horror) + FY (Cf. fy). Related: Horrified; horrifying …   Etymology dictionary

  • horrify — daunt, appall, *dismay Analogous words: agitate, upset, perturb, *discompose: *offend, outrage Contrasted words: delight, rejoice, gladden, gratify, *please …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • horrify — [v] scare affright, alarm, appall, chill off*, consternate, daunt, disgust, dismay, frighten, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare to death*, shake, shock, sicken, terrify, terrorize; concepts 7,14,19 Ant. delight, make happy, please …   New thesaurus

  • horrify — ► VERB (horrifies, horrified) ▪ fill with horror. DERIVATIVES horrified adjective horrifying adjective. ORIGIN Latin horrificare …   English terms dictionary

  • horrify — [hôr′ə fī΄, här′ə fī] vt. horrified, horrifying [L horrificare < horrificus: see HORRIFIC] 1. to cause to feel horror 2. Informal to shock or disgust SYN. DISMAY horrification n …   English World dictionary

  • horrify — UK [ˈhɒrɪfaɪ] / US [ˈhɔrɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms horrify : present tense I/you/we/they horrify he/she/it horrifies present participle horrifying past tense horrified past participle horrified to shock someone very much The idea that… …   English dictionary

  • horrify — [[t]hɒ̱rɪfaɪ, AM hɔ͟ːr [/t]] horrifies, horrifying, horrified VERB If someone is horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted, usually because of something that they have seen or heard. [be V ed] His family were horrified by the change. [V n] ...a… …   English dictionary

  • horrify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Date: 1791 1. to cause to feel horror 2. to fill with distaste ; shock Synonyms: see dismay • horrifyingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • horrify — horrification, n. horrifyingly, adv. /hawr euh fuy , hor /, v.t., horrified, horrifying. 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 …   Universalium

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