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Adjective: horrifying  'hóru`fIing
  1. Provoking horror
    "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
    - atrocious, frightful, horrible, ugly
Verb: horrify  'hóru`fI
  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"
    - dismay, alarm, appal [Brit, Cdn], appall [US]

See also: alarming, horrifyingly, horror

Type of: affright, fright, frighten, scare

Nearest

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horribleness
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horridness
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horripilate
horripilation
horror
horror film
horror movie
horror-stricken
horror-struck
hors de combat