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/ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/ · verb
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror..
The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.
Use horrify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Horrify means To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror..
Common synonyms include frighten, dismay, appall, alarm.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.
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