horrifier

English

Etymology

horrify +‎ -er

Noun

horrifier (plural horrifiers)

1. One who, or that which, horrifies.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin horrificāre.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁi.fje/

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Verb

horrifier

1. (transitive) to horrify

   Synonyms: épouvanter, terrifier

Conjugation

Conjugation of horrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	horrifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	horrifiant /ɔ.ʁi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		horrifié /ɔ.ʁi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	horrifie /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	horrifies /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	horrifie /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	horrifions /ɔ.ʁi.fjɔ̃/	horrifiez /ɔ.ʁi.fje/	horrifient /ɔ.ʁi.fi/
	imperfect	horrifiais /ɔ.ʁi.fjɛ/	horrifiais /ɔ.ʁi.fjɛ/	horrifiait /ɔ.ʁi.fjɛ/	horrifiions /ɔ.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/	horrifiiez /ɔ.ʁi.fi.je/	horrifiaient /ɔ.ʁi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	horrifiai /ɔ.ʁi.fje/	horrifias /ɔ.ʁi.fja/	horrifia /ɔ.ʁi.fja/	horrifiâmes /ɔ.ʁi.fjam/	horrifiâtes /ɔ.ʁi.fjat/	horrifièrent /ɔ.ʁi.fjɛʁ/
	future	horrifierai /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁe/	horrifieras /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁa/	horrifiera /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁa/	horrifierons /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	horrifierez /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁe/	horrifieront /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	horrifierais /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	horrifierais /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	horrifierait /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	horrifierions /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	horrifieriez /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁje/	horrifieraient /ɔ.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	horrifie /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	horrifies /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	horrifie /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	horrifiions /ɔ.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/	horrifiiez /ɔ.ʁi.fi.je/	horrifient /ɔ.ʁi.fi/
	imperfect2	horrifiasse /ɔ.ʁi.fjas/	horrifiasses /ɔ.ʁi.fjas/	horrifiât /ɔ.ʁi.fja/	horrifiassions /ɔ.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/	horrifiassiez /ɔ.ʁi.fja.sje/	horrifiassent /ɔ.ʁi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	horrifie /ɔ.ʁi.fi/	—	horrifions /ɔ.ʁi.fjɔ̃/	horrifiez /ɔ.ʁi.fje/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• horreur
• horrible
• horriblement
• horrifique

Further reading

• “horrifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.