Definitions
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
Word origin
From horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.
Used in a sentence
“The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.”
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