horrifying

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

horrifying

1. present participle and gerund of horrify

Adjective

horrifying (comparative more horrifying, superlative most horrifying)

1. Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening

   • 2009 May 22, Stuart Heritage, “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”, in Hecklerspray‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 April 2024:

     Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.

Derived terms

• horrifyingly
• unhorrifying