horrifying
Britishadjective
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causing feelings of horror in; awful; terrifying;
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dismaying or greatly shocking; dreadful
Other Word Forms
- horrifyingly adverb
Example Sentences
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Dramatizing a real-life incident with a tense one-location framework, the movie deploys a horrifying audio recording and the well-meaning efforts of actors.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
It’s horrifying that young girls paid the price for going to school in the middle of a war they did not start.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026
It is, at times, horrifying and anxiety-inducing; at others, it’s frustratingly drab.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Braking distances are horrifying but at least predictable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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