horrified
adjective (horrified); verb form, past of horrify (horrify, horrifies, horrified, horrifying)
Everyday
- Very shocked, upset and frightened by something terrible. tree →
- (informal) Very surprised and disapproving, often in a funny way: Mum was horrified by my messy room. tree →
In the lessons
In stories «horrified» shows strong feelings of shock and fear when a character sees something terrible. In everyday life it is used jokingly for small shocks. In writing lessons it is a stronger choice than «shocked» or «scared». Phrases: horrified by, horrified at, a horrified look.
Examples
- She was horrified to see the dog run into the road. tree →
- We watched in horrified silence. tree →
- Mum was horrified by the state of my bedroom. tree →
- The villagers were horrified when the dragon appeared. tree →
- He gave a horrified gasp. tree →
- People around the world were horrified by the news of the earthquake. tree →
- There Prince Majnun told everything to his father, who was horrified and angry. tree →
Note
Past of «horrify» (y → i + ed). «Horrified» describes how a person feels; «horrifying» describes the thing that causes it: «a horrifying scene made me horrified». Similar: appalled, shocked, terrified.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «horrified» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «horrified» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/horrified/