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- 1. causing horror; extremely shocking: "a horrifying incident"
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Find 152 words that mean causing fear, extremely disturbing, or repellent, such as terrifying, gruesome, or horrific. See also antonyms, related words, and examples of horrifying.
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- Horrifying
1. : to cause to feel horror. 2. : to fill with distaste :...
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horrifying. adjective. uk / ˈhɒr.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ / us / ˈhɔːr.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ / Add to word list. C2. very shocking: horrifying injuries / conditions / news. Synonyms. atrocious. horrible. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Saddening, shocking and upsetting. affecting. agonizingly. arrogance. baleful. be cold comfort idiom. disrespect. distressfully.
Horrifying definition: causing feelings of horror in; awful; terrifying;. See examples of HORRIFYING used in a sentence.
Something that scares you to death, like the sound of footsteps upstairs in your dark, empty house or the sight of a bear on the hiking trail, is horrifying. Equally horrifying are things that sicken you, like photographs from a battlefield or the description of a painful dental procedure.
Horrify means to cause to feel horror or revulsion. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for horrify.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective horrifying, which means making you feel extremely shocked or frightened. See synonyms, example sentences and collocations with horrifying.
2 meanings: 1. causing feelings of horror in; awful; terrifying; 2. dismaying or greatly shocking; dreadful.... Click for more definitions.
