horrify
Origin of horrify
Synonyms for horrify
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dismay, intimidate, frighten, alarm, shock, appall, sicken, disgust, shake, outrage, daunt, petrify, terrify, consternate, affright, terrorizeExamples from the Web for horrify
Contemporary Examples of horrify
There's a captive audience for TV shows starring people who horrify us with their behavior.
But it cannot surprise anyone at this point that the sorts of things that horrify decent people do not horrify Ron Paul.
Understanding is not sanction: these crimes still have the power to anger and horrify.
Every day, newspapers and television outlets battled to see who could horrify more people with fewer words.
This idea—becoming part of the star machine in any way—seems to horrify Friend.
Historical Examples of horrify
A frightful accident like this moves, upsets, scares; it does not horrify.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.Guy de Maupassant
When the whole story comes to be told it will horrify the world.
The Blot on the Kaiser's 'ScutcheonNewell Dwight Hillis
I would if I were you, and quickly, lest you horrify some one else with it.
A PessimistRobert Timsol
Because you horrify me—you are not religious, and you work your will by the black art!
The Mesmerist's VictimAlexandre Dumas
I do understand you, said Damier, but you horrify me none the less.
The RescueAnne Douglas Sedgwick
horrify
- to cause feelings of horror in; terrify; frighten
- to dismay or shock greatly