Meaning

1 senses

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

    The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

    entsetzen, erschrecken, schockieren

    fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Examples

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  1. Tom was horrified at the sight.

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  2. It looked like Tom was horrified.

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  3. Tom looked like he was horrified.

    deTom machte einen entsetzten Eindruck.

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  4. I know that Tom was horrified.

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  5. Tom said that I looked horrified.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease:

Origin

From horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in fo

From horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.

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Forms

horrifies, horrifying, horrified, horrified
Base formhorrify · to horrify
3rd person singularhorrifies
Present participlehorrifying
Past simplehorrified
Past participlehorrified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhorrify
he, she, ithorrifies

Past simpleLesson

all personshorrified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave horrified
he, she, ithas horrified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill horrify

Synonyms

5 synonyms
frightenA2
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
RelatedhorribleB1horrorA2horrendoushorridhorrific
Derivedhorrification

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
horriblyhorridhorrifichorrorA2horseA1horseback
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