horrified

CEFRC1

/hˈɔrəˌfaɪd/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Extremely shocked or frightened by something terrible.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of horrify

Examples

  • I was horrified by what I saw.

  • We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Struck with horror.

More examples

In context

  • Tom looks absolutely horrified.

  • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

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She was blank when she saw the terrible accident.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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