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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised;
- Example: "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"
- Example: "The news of the executions horrified us"
[syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]



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):

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"; "The news of the executions horrified
         us" [syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]