horrify

Etymology

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

verb

  1. 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.

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