HORRIFY

v. 1 terrify, frighten, scare, alarm, intimidate, panic, scare or frighten to death, petrify, Colloq scare or frighten the living daylights out of, scare stiff, make (someone's) hair stand on end, make (someone's or the) blood run cold, curl (someone's) hair, scare the pants off I was horrified to see the attack dogs racing towards me 2 shock, startle, upset, put off, outrage, dismay, appal, distress, discountenance, disconcert I was horrified to hear that you weren't coming to my party