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English Dictionary: horrifying	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for horrifying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
horrifying adj provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" Synonym(s): atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
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.