Horrifying
adj, verb
adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of horrify form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.
"Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent."
Adjective
- 1 provoking horror wordnet
Example
More examples"The debate has been interesting, confusing, and sometimes horrifying."
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