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 Words From

• hor·ri·fied·ly [hawr, -, uh, -fahyd-lee, -fahy-id-, hor, -], adverb
• un·horri·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of horrified¹

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

Example Sentences

When it emerges that said do has a taste for blood, its horrified host becomes tangled in a conspiracy with roots in slave folklore and capitalist hierarchy.

From Fortune

He appeared to be in his community, surrounded by horrified people, many of them young.

From Fortune

I was pretty horrified by how disconnected so many of our representatives are from the future of our economy and working families, how divided they are in fighting instead of problem-solving.

From Fortune

As polio symptoms started manifesting in people who had taken the vaccine, horrified regulators pulled thousands of doses from shelves.

From Ozy

In the video, a group of horrified onlookers demanded to know where the woman was being taken.

From Voice of San Diego

I was, she diagnosed, half joking and half horrified, a “digital hoarder.”

From The Daily Beast

And when he shaved clean the perfectly coiffed hair, she was viscerally horrified.

From The Daily Beast

“My grandmother was horrified, she really wanted me to lead a wonderful life,” Vreeland says now.

From The Daily Beast

The queen was so horrified that all her blood rushed to her heart when she realized that Little Snow White was alive once again.

From The Daily Beast

Her heartbroken and horrified brother, Sam Jones, made the identification.

From The Daily Beast

Consequently the horrified spectators, having for a moment looked on aghast, fled precipitately from the room.

From Project Gutenberg

But Weirmarsh, with his innate cunning, presented to him a picture of exposure and degradation which held him horrified.

From Project Gutenberg

Startled and horrified, Georgie had become in regard to her cousin, that born intriguer, but as clay in the hands of the potter.

From Project Gutenberg

Was it any wonder that she was horrified when she recalled that gruesome episode of the death of a brave and honest man?

From Project Gutenberg

One of them was when he had proposed to adopt a Belgian child, and Aunt Harriet had offered horrified protest.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• shocked