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 Definitions of horrify  [ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr-]  

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Definition of 'horrify' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) horrify
to cause to feel horror.

2.  horrify
to distress greatly; shock or dismay.

Etymology:  (1785–95; < L horrificāre to cause horror)

Definition of 'horrify' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
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"


Definition of 'horrify' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) horrify
to shock, frighten, or disgust
***We were horrified by the dirty conditions in the hospitals.; horrifying numbers of people dying


Definition of 'horrify' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) horrify
to cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders


Translation of 'horrify' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to shock greatly
Mrs Smith was horrified to find that her son had a tattooed chest.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: met afsku vervul, skok Arabic flag Arabic: يُفْزِع، يُرْعِب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ужасявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: horrorizar Czech flag Czech: zděsit German flag German: entsetzen
Danish flag Danish: forfærde; chokere Greek flag Greek: σοκάρω Spanish flag Spanish: horrorizar; escandalizar
Estonian flag Estonian: kohutama Farsi flag Farsi: وحشت زده كردن Finnish flag Finnish: kauhistua
French flag French: horrifier Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַחֲרִיד Hindi flag Hindi: आतंकित करना
Croatian flag Croatian: užasnuti, zaprepastiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megdöbbent Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengejutkan, terkejut
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hræða, skelfa Italian flag Italian: inorridire, sconvolgere Japanese flag Japanese: ぞっとさせる
Korean flag Korean: 오싹하게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (kam) sukelti siaubą, pri Latvian flag Latvian: šausmināt; pārbiedēt
Malay flag Malay: gerun Dutch flag Dutch: shockeren, schrik aanjage Norwegian flag Norwegian: fylle med redsel, forferd
Polish flag Polish: gorszyć, przerażać Persian flag Persian: وحشت زده كردن Pashto flag Pashto: ویرونکی کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: escandalizar Romanian flag Romanian: aîngrozi Russian flag Russian: ужасать(ся)
Slovak flag Slovak: zhroziť (sa) Slovenian flag Slovenian: zgroziti Serbian flag Serbian: užasavati
Swedish flag Swedish: slå med fasa, förfära Thai flag Thai: ทำให้หวาดกลัว Turkish flag Turkish: dehşet vermek, şoke etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使驚駭 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: викликати жах, жахати Urdu flag Urdu: ڈرانا، دہشت زدہ کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm khiếp sợ; làm khó chị Chinese flag Chinese: 使惊骇

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