horrify

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Etymology[edit]

horror +‎ -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/
  • (US) enPR: hôrʹə-fī, IPA(key): /ˈhɔɹəfaɪ/
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horrify (third-person singular simple present horrifies, present participle horrifying, simple past and past participle horrified)

  1. To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
    The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “horrify”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.