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• Horrifically

  [haw-rif-ik, ho-] /hɔˈrɪf ɪk, hɒ-/ adjective 1. causing . /hɒˈrɪfɪk; hə-/ adjective 1. provoking horror; horrible adj. “causing horror,” 1650s, from French horrifique or directly from Latin horrificus “dreadful, exciting terror,” literally “making the hair stand on end,” from horrere “to bristle, to stand on end” (see horror) + -ficus, from stem of facere “to […]

• Horrified

  [hawr-uh-fahyd, hor-] /ˈhɔr əˌfaɪd, ˈhɒr-/ adjective 1. showing or indicating great shock or : a horrified gasp; a horrified expression. 2. accompanied or characterized by a feeling of : horrified interest. 3. struck with ; shocked: horrified and outraged spectators. [hawr-uh-fahy, hor-] /ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr-/ verb (used with object), horrified, horrifying. 1. to cause to […]

• Horrify

  [hawr-uh-fahy, hor-] /ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr-/ verb (used with object), horrified, horrifying. 1. to cause to feel ; strike with : The accident horrified us all. 2. to distress greatly; shock or dismay: She was horrified by the price of the house. /ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪ/ verb (transitive) -fies, -fying, -fied 1. to cause feelings of horror in; terrify; […]

• Horrifying

  [hawr-uh-fahy, hor-] /ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr-/ verb (used with object), horrified, horrifying. 1. to cause to feel ; strike with : The accident horrified us all. 2. to distress greatly; shock or dismay: She was horrified by the price of the house. /ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ/ adjective 1. causing feelings of horror in; awful; terrifying; 2. dismaying or greatly […]

• Horripilation

  [haw-rip-uh-ley-shuh n, ho-] /hɔˌrɪp əˈleɪ ʃən, hɒ-/ noun 1. a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; gooseflesh. /hɒˌrɪpɪˈleɪʃən/ noun (physiol) 1. a technical name for goose flesh 2. the erection of any short bodily hairs n. from Late Latin horripilationem (nominative horripilatio), noun of action from past participle stem of […]

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