Definitions for horrifying
hor·ri·fy·ing

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1. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective

   provoking horror

   "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

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1. horrifyingadjective

   Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

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1. horrifying

   The distinction between terror and horror is a standard literary and psychological concept applied especially to Gothic and horror fiction. Terror is usually described as the feeling of dread and anticipation that precedes the horrifying experience. By contrast, horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually follows a frightening sight, sound, or otherwise experience. Terror has also been defined by Noel Carroll as a combination of horror and revulsion.

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1. horrifying

   Horrifying refers to something that causes intense fear, shock, or disgust. It can be an event, situation, action, or anything that can provoke these negative emotions, often associated with extreme distress, panic, revulsion, or dread.

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1. Horrifying

   of Horrify

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrifying in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of horrifying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of horrifying in a Sentence

1. Olivia Troye:

   It was horrifying, it's the amateurs versus the experts. Except the amateurs have all the power.

2. Gwen Roberts:

   When I walked back there and went around the corner, it was just horrifying ... they were all dead, it was just bad. It was really bad. They didnt have to die. All they had to do is ask for help. Its really sad.

3. Tori Cooper:

   Six transgender woman have been killed over the last 23 days — which is just over three weeks — in this country. This violence is heartbreaking and horrifying. It must end, we have already seen more trans and gender non-conforming people killed this year since we began tracking these deaths in 2013, and the numbers continue to climb, even during a pandemic.

4. Richard Fidler:

   We’ve kind of approached a natural limit with how much we can stare down at screens. The next natural place for that screen to live is thoroughly integrated into what we’re seeing so we don’t ever look down at the screen because the world has become the screen, in some sense it’s horrifying.

5. Headmaster Ulrich Wessel:

   Our school is no longer what it once was, in Haltern we had 1,283 students. It is horrifying that now we have 16 fewer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=horrifying
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Horrifying
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrifying
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horrifying