horrify

That could melt down world financial markets and horrify his already disgruntled allies in Europe, Asia and the Gulf.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

Take the following quiz to imagine a future and learn if that future will horrify you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

But just as his irreverent novels dismay some adults, the tadpoles produce comics — all acted out hilariously onstage — that horrify their adoptive father.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

That detail didn't horrify some nearly as much as his and Chapel's usage of a serum not yet seen before in "Star Trek."

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2023

A large cathedral will inspire awe; a large cellblock, in my experience, will mainly horrify.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

What horrifies her is a sense that “the law is something to be inflicted,” and therefore inherently cruel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Instead, it is an insurgency which utterly horrifies so many of them.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025

“All those dissidents going into Lefortovo — the name horrifies you,” she said in an interview with ABC’s “Nightline” that aired early on Wednesday.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

“In 100 years are we going to have to teach our children what trees are because there aren’t any left? It’s a thought that horrifies me,” said high school sophomore Gabriel Burke.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

The thought of spending whatever remains of my life in this stone vault horrifies me.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

For decades, parents were baffled, if not horrified, by their kids’ musical tastes, from rock and hip-hop to emo and metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

"What has happened to Helen has caused the community to step back in utter disbelief. We can't believe it, people are horrified by what has happened."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Telemachus is horrified that a boy would murder his own mother, but Menelaus sets him straight.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Notice how horrified we are when women DON’T shave their pits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

I blinked, and when the blur gave way to clarity, I met the horrified gaze of a man wearing glasses and a white lab coat.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

The subgenre presents an unsettling deal, says Johnson: “that emerging into young adult womanhood, while legitimately horrifying, is also suddenly emerging into a kind of power that you’ve never had before.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s just horrifying on the surface so people think you can’t make a joke about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It could be a pretty boring, sometimes horrifying process — I’ll never forget the thrash metal song we received about Shannen Doherty that sounded like it was recorded in a blender.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Cleveland's Chief Constable Victoria Fuller said what we'd heard was "horrifying".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

They all have horrifying grammar, but they’re really friendly.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez