HORRIFYING

atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly

(adjective) provoking horror; “an atrocious automobile accident”; “a frightful crime of decapitation”; “an alarming, even horrifying, picture”; “war is beyond all words horrible”- Winston Churchill; “an ugly wound”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

horrifying

present participle of horrify

Adjective

horrifying (comparative more horrifying, superlative most horrifying)

Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

Synonym: Thesaurus:frightening

Source: Wiktionary


HORRIFY

Hor"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Horrifying.] Etym: [L. horrificare. See Horrific.]

Definition: To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. E. Irving.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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