horrifying
/ (ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ) /
causing feelings of horror in; awful; terrifying;
dismaying or greatly shocking; dreadful
Derived forms of horrifying
- horrifyingly, adverb
Words Nearby horrifying
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How to use horrifying in a sentence
On the show, it led to this half-comical, half-horrifying, but 100 percent amazing moment.
The Red Viper, Zoe Barnes, and the Best Fictional Deaths of 2014 | Melissa Leon | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a near certainty that jailed gays and lesbians face horrifying violence in prison.
The wrestling fans are “incredibly horrifying when you age,” Madusa, now 50, wrote.
The Moms of Monster Jam Drive Trucks, Buck Macho Culture | Eliza Krigman | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmong them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R. | Russell Saunders | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVisitors to the sea park reported hearing “horrifying screams” and loud sounds of splashing water.
Activists: Moscow Sea Park Is ‘Torturing’ Its Orca Whales | Anna Nemtsova | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Her face was horrifying with its intensity of pathetic regret.
Wayside Courtships | Hamlin GarlandJack the Ripper was a fiend in human form that was killing women continually in the most horrifying manner and in cold blood.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder WheatonThe execution of the Duc d'Enghien was so horrifying to Chateaubriand that he forthwith resigned his appointments.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonSomehow, telling it to someone else, it seemed at once even less real but more horrifying as a possible danger to Jill.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsI have never heard a more horrifying scream than that which he uttered.
The Haunting of Low Fennel | Sax Rohmer
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