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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. provoking horror;
- Example: "an atrocious automobile accident"
- Example: "a frightful crime of decapitation"
- Example: "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
- Example: "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- Example: "an ugly wound"
[syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

horrifying
    adj 1: 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" [syn: atrocious,
           frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]