Horrorize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To fill with horror. transitive

    "Ely's method was to enlarge himself by praising up his cousin and to pleasure himself by horrorizing the men with true faithful portrayals of pirates caught and hanged, […]"

Example

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"Ely's method was to enlarge himself by praising up his cousin and to pleasure himself by horrorizing the men with true faithful portrayals of pirates caught and hanged, […]"

Etymology

From horror + -ize.

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