horrified

[hawr-uh-fahyd, hor-]

adjective

1. showing or indicating great shock or horror.

   a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.

2. accompanied or characterized by a feeling of horror.

   horrified interest.

3. struck with horror; shocked.

   horrified and outraged spectators.

horrified

/ ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. terrified; frightened

2. dismayed or shocked

Other Word Forms

• horrifiedly adverb
• unhorrified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of horrified¹

First recorded in 1830–40; horrify + -ed ²

Example Sentences

To make money on Avant!’s stock, however, he’d probably have to stomach short-term losses, as investors puked up shares in horrified response to negative publicity.

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He horrified the neo-isolationist “restrainers” who hoped that his second term would see the U.S. turning away from foreign quarrels to focus on “America first.”

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Herdsmen torched churches, and killed farmers, who were usually, but not exclusively Christians, producing images that horrified evangelical leaders in America, moved by a modern-day story of Christian persecution.

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The family were horrified that their vulnerable son had been, in their view, groomed by a virtual character – and his life put at risk by something that wasn't real.

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She stuck around to see if the store had more in its backroom and was horrified to watch a fight break out between customers.

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