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HOR-if-eye/ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/

To horrify is to shock someone with something very unpleasant or morally wrong: horrified by the figures, a horrifying lapse. Shock is everyday; appal is a close twin; horror (already in the dictionary) is the noun. A plain cover is not the scandal; an empty n can be.

Meaning

To shock someone with something very unpleasant or wrong.

Examples

• “The empty n cell should horrify a reviewer more than a plain cover.”
• “Shock is everyday. Appal is the close twin. Disgust is thicker. Design is taste. A missing count is a methods failure. Be shocked by the cell; leave the cover for the art meeting.”

Good to know

Shock with something awful. Everyday: shock. Close: appal. Noun: horror (already in the dictionary). A plain cover is not the outrage.

Near in meaning

appal

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