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horrify

[hawr-uh-fahy, hor-] / ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr- /


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The mode of transportation is an especially good opportunity for parents to horrify their teenagers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

Nigel Farage has made it his life’s work to disrupt, delight, dismay, horrify, and he reckons he is not done yet.

From BBC • May 28, 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

Long before the end, the horrors have ceased to horrify.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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