horrify

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Etymology

From horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.

In classic literature

Synonyms

dismay, alarm, appal, appall

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