horrify

From horror +‎ -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.^[1]

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

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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.

• See Thesaurus:frighten

• horrification

• horrible
• horrid
• horrific
• horror
• horrendous