horrify

verb
🔊/ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they horrify
🔊/ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/
🔊/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/
he / she / it horrifies
🔊/ˈhɒrɪfaɪz/
🔊/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪz/
past simple horrified
🔊/ˈhɒrɪfaɪd/
🔊/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪd/
past participle horrified
🔊/ˈhɒrɪfaɪd/
🔊/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪd/
-ing form horrifying
🔊/ˈhɒrɪfaɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪɪŋ/
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  1. to make somebody feel extremely shocked or frightened 惊吓;使厌恶;恐吓synonym appal
    • horrify somebody The whole country was horrified by the killings.全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。🔊🔊
    • it horrifies somebody to do something It horrified her to think that he had killed someone.一想到他杀过人,她就感到毛骨悚然。🔊🔊
    • it horrifies somebody that… It horrified her that he had actually killed someone.他确实杀过人,这件事使她感到毛骨悚然。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsb2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin horrificare, from horrificus, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’.