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horrifyingly

[hawr-i-fahy-ing-lee]

adverb

  1. in a way or to a degree that is shocking or dreadful.

  2. in a way that causes feelings of horror or deep revulsion.



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When the male friendship recession is transformed from theorizing and studies and crafted into familiar situations like these, which DeYoung also does so skillfully in his film, it becomes horrifyingly recognizable.

From Salon

I know that the side effects of hormone treatment, horrifyingly referred to as “chemical castration,” can be permanent.

A beloved community, paradise to its residents, is there — and then, horrifyingly, it is gone.

I know that the side effects of hormone treatment, horrifyingly referred to “chemical castration,” can be permanent.

The aftermath of his death was horrifyingly awful.

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