Horrorize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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, […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"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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