Horrify
['hɒrɪfaɪ] or ['hɔrə'fai]
Definition
(v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.
Typist: Michael
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Frighten, terrify, fill with horror, strike with terror, make one's blood run cold.
Editor: Olaf
Definition
v.t. to strike with horror:—pa.p. horr′ified.—adj. Horrif′ic exciting horror: frightful.
Typed by Lena
Examples
- You horrify me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You horrify me! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had proceeded but a short distance when a backward glance revealed to the horrified gaze of Mr. Philander that the lion was following them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She caught the meaning of my words, and the cruelty of her answering smile horrified me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And yet, now, every day, the great red-hot stroke of horrified fear through the bowels of the son struck a further inflammation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He knew that this would be too much for him, to have to face nights of sleeplessness and of horrified watching the hours. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her eyes were widespread in an expression of horrified anticipation and fixed directly upon me as I came in sight above the edge of the deck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let me remain free from a responsibility which it horrifies me to think of--which I know, in my conscience, is not my responsibility now. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- How can I make a MAN understand that a feeling which horrifies me at myself, can be a feeling that fascinates me at the same time? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In 1837 Dalton wrote: Berzelius's symbols are horrifying: a young student in chemistry might as soon learn Hebrew as make himself a cquainted with them. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The great serpent had got the father, and the son was dragged into the embrace of horrifying death along with him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typed by Leigh