/ ˈhɒrɪfaɪ; NAmE ˈhɔːr-; ˈhɑːr-/ verb
( hor·ri·fies , hor·ri·fy·ing , hor·ri·fied , hor·ri·fied ) to make sb feel extremely shocked, disgusted or frightened
SYN appal :
[ vn ]
The whole country was horrified by the killings.
[ vn to inf ]
It horrified her to think that he had killed someone.
[also vn that ]
► hor·ri·fied adjective :
He was horrified when he discovered the conditions in which they lived.
She gazed at him in horrified disbelief.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Latin horrificare , from horrificus , from horrere tremble, shudder.