单词 | horrify |
释义 | horrify, v.|ˈhɒrɪfaɪ| [ad. L. horrificāre to cause horror, f. horrific-us horrific: see -fy. Not in Johnson, Ash, Todd, Richardson, nor in Webster 1828.] trans. To cause or excite horror in; to move to horror. Hence ˈhorrified, ˈhorrifying ppl. adjs.
1791W. Bartram Carolina 190 The thundering alligator has ended his horrifying roar. 1836T. Hook G. Gurney (L.), I was horrified at the notion. 1866J. Martineau Ess. I. 7 In a way horrifying to Quakers. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 160 We start back horrified from this Platonic ideal. Mod. He horrified me by playing cards on Sunday. I looked at him with a horrified air. |

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