horrify

/ˌhɔrəˈfaɪ/

/ˈhɔrɪfaɪ/

Other forms: horrified; horrifying; horrifies

To horrify is to cause someone to feel shocked and disturbed. It may horrify your parents if you announce that you're dropping out of school to become a professional clown.

Things that horrify you fill you with terror, shock, or disgust. It would horrify you to run into a vampire on a dark city streets, and it would also horrify you to be served raw hamburger for lunch. The emotion that arises when something horrifies you is horror, a word that's the same in Latin, with the literal meaning "a shaking, a trembling, or a shudder."

Definitions of horrify

1. verb

   fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
   “I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”

   synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, dismay

   types:

   shock

   strike with horror or terror

   type of:

   affright, fright, frighten, scare

   cause fear in