Horrified Meaning

/hˈɔrəˌfaɪd/
C1

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adjStruck with horror.

"No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford"— 2003, John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic, page 358:

verbsimple past and past participle of horrify

I was horrified by what I saw.
Tom looks absolutely horrified.
We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She was ____ when she saw the terrible accident.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was completely ____ to discover that her house had been broken into while she was away.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
She was ____ when she saw the terrible accident.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was completely ____ to discover that her house had been broken into while she was away.

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