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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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#6918terrible
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#8709horrible
#8774tremendous
#9372painful
#9392scary
#9775awful
#14061shocking
#20756frightening
#20769worthless
#22989fearful
#23190dreadful
#25388terrifying
#26052horrific
#27379vile
#29891appalling
#30875monstrous
#30945wretched
#36370gruesome
#38864horrendous
#38945unworthy
#39885horrifying
#40529grievous
#45237unspeakable
#45529heinous
#46824surly
#47706despicable
#48820slimy
#50274atrocious
#51404abominable
#54515frightful

How to use horrifying in a sentence?

  1. Benedict Cumberbatch:

    I am utterly disgusted by the continuing revelations of Harvey Weinstein's horrifying and unforgivable actions, we need to collectively stand up and support victims of abuse such as the brave and inspiring women who have spoken out against Harvey Weinstein and say we hear you and believe you.

  2. Richard Fidler:

    We’ve kind of approached a natural limit with how much we can stare down at screens. The next natural place for that screen to live is thoroughly integrated into what we’re seeing so we don’t ever look down at the screen because the world has become the screen, in some sense it’s horrifying.

  3. Lisa McClain:

    I proudly hung a sign outside my office to show everyone, especially my neighbor across the hall, that Republicans are united in standing with Israel, it’s horrifying that some House Democrats side with Hamas, a terror organization. Israel is one of America’s greatest allies and needs our support now more than ever.

  4. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

    A rape is an act of violence. It's a horrifying thing that happens. And fortunately, the number of abortions in this country that are due to rape are very small, less than 1% of the cases in the world. But they happen. And they're horrifying. And they're tragic. And I recognize that, i also recognize that because of the existence of over-the-counter morning after, not to mention medical treatment that's now available immediately after the assault, that should be widely available to victims, we can bring that number down to zero.

  5. Gwen Roberts:

    When I walked back there and went around the corner, it was just horrifying ... they were all dead, it was just bad. It was really bad. They didnt have to die. All they had to do is ask for help. Its really sad.


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