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hor·ri·fy·ing

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  1. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, uglyadjective

    provoking horror

    "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

    Synonyms:
    frightful, flagitious, unworthy, wretched, terrible, monstrous, fearful, horrible, worthless, tremendous, abominable, unspeakable, awful, grievous, atrocious, slimy, ugly, dreadful, vile, despicable, painful, surly

    Antonyms:
    unalarming

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#6918terrible
#7689ugly
#8709horrible
#8774tremendous
#9372painful
#9392scary
#9775awful
#14061shocking
#20756frightening
#20769worthless
#22989fearful
#23190dreadful
#25388terrifying
#26052horrific
#27379vile
#29891appalling
#30875monstrous
#30945wretched
#36370gruesome
#38864horrendous
#38945unworthy
#39885horrifying
#40529grievous
#45237unspeakable
#45529heinous
#46824surly
#47706despicable
#48820slimy
#50274atrocious
#51404abominable
#54515frightful

How to use horrifying in a sentence?

  1. Tom Wolf:

    We wish him and his family the best during his recovery. This alleged intentional act of violence against an officer seeking to help a fellow citizen is horrifying and has no place in Pennsylvania.

  2. Justin Gerlach:

    The giant tortoise pursued the tern chick along a log, finally killing the chick and eating it, it was a very slow encounter, with the tortoise moving at its normal, slow walking pace – the whole interaction took seven minutes and was quite horrifying.

  3. Steve Reed:

    Daniel Defense is not attending the National Rifle Association meeting due to the horrifying tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where one of our products was criminally misused, we believe this week is not the appropriate time to be promoting our products in Texas at the National Rifle Association meeting.

  4. John Kerry:

    The Assad regime's horrifying pattern of using chlorine as a chemical weapon against the Syrian people underscores the importance of investigating this allegation as quickly as possible, as has been well documented.

  5. Mitchell Wright:

    We ask all parents to please continue to talk with yourchildren about inappropriate behaviors as they will not be tolerated. Safety for our students and staff is oneof our top priorities. what [the person] did was horrifying for a lot of different kids.


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