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Horrify Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Horrify has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

"I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"

"The news of the executions horrified us"

2

To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

See Also
horror horrendous apprehension horrible horrific horrifying hair curling horrid
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
frighten
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
shock
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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