Hypertext Webster Gateway: "horrify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Horrify \Hor"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Horrified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Horrifying}.] [L. horrificare. See {Horrific}.]
To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror;
as, the sight horrified the beholders. --E. Irving.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
horrify
v 1: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late
for my interview" [syn: {dismay}, {alarm}, {appal}, {appall}]
2: cause to feel horror; "The news of the executions horrified
us"
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