Associations to the word «Horrify»

Wiktionary

HORRIFY, verb. To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

Dictionary definition

HORRIFY, verb. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope