Synonyms for horrifying
hor·ri·fy·ing

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1. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective

   provoking horror

   "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

   Synonyms:
   frightful, flagitious, unworthy, wretched, terrible, monstrous, fearful, horrible, worthless, tremendous, abominable, unspeakable, awful, grievous, atrocious, slimy, ugly, dreadful, vile, despicable, painful, surly

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. List of paraphrases for "horrifying":

   horrific, terrible, appalling, horrible, horrendous, terrifying, frightening, dreadful, gruesome, awful, shocking, heinous, scary, atrocious

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1. Tori Cooper:

   Six transgender woman have been killed over the last 23 days — which is just over three weeks — in this country. This violence is heartbreaking and horrifying. It must end, we have already seen more trans and gender non-conforming people killed this year since we began tracking these deaths in 2013, and the numbers continue to climb, even during a pandemic.

2. Muleya Mwananyanda:

   These women are victims of an escalating crackdown on the right to freedom of expression and criminalization of dissent. Instead of persecuting them, the Zimbabwean authorities should focus their efforts on holding those suspected to be responsible for their horrifying abduction, torture and sexual assault to account.

3. Seth Meyers:

   That is horrifying, she’s wearing Army gear because it’s a USO tour, but honestly, who could blame women if they started wearingmilitarygear whenever they’re around men ? ‘ Where are you going in a helmet and a flak jacket ? ’ ‘ The subway. ’.

4. Chad Marlow:

   With everything that has gone on nationally in the last six months, which has been horrifying and astounding, there's been a rush to put body cameras in the field, right now the policies behind body cameras are all over the place.

5. Nigel Gould-Davies:

   Any contemporary warfare would be horrifying, but there are gradations to the horror.