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   hor·ri·fy

   /ˈhôrəˌfī/

   verb

   • 1. fill with horror; shock greatly: "they were horrified by the very idea" Similar frightenscareterrifypetrifyalarmpanicterrorizescare stiffscare/frighten to deathfill with fearscare someone out of their witsscare/frighten the living daylights out ofthrow into a panicmake someone's hair stand on endmake someone's blood run coldinformal:scare the pants offmake someone's hair curlthrow into a blue funkput the wind upscare the bejesus out ofspookvulgar slang:scare shitlessscare the shit out ofarchaic:affrightshockappalloutragescandalizeoffenddismaythrow off balancedisgustrevoltrepelnauseatesickeninformal:rattlefazeknock sidewaysknock for sixarchaic:potherOpposite please

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Latin horrificare, from horrificus (see horrific).

   Derivatives

   • 1. horrification noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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   • R

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   • R

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   • I

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   • Y

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