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Synonyms for horrifying
hor·ri·fy·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
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, surlyAntonyms:
unalarming
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "horrifying":
horrific, terrible, appalling, horrible, horrendous, terrifying, frightening, dreadful, gruesome, awful, shocking, heinous, scary, atrocious
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6918 | terrible | |
#7689 | ugly | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9392 | scary | |
#9775 | awful | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#25388 | terrifying | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#27379 | vile | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#30945 | wretched | |
#36370 | gruesome | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#38945 | unworthy | |
#39885 | horrifying | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#45237 | unspeakable | |
#45529 | heinous | |
#46824 | surly | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#48820 | slimy | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#54515 | frightful |
How to use horrifying in a sentence?
I mean, in this last month The US's just been horrifying what's happened, how can you say The US's not The US ?
If you are a freelancer facing the pure retail cost of healthcare, then it is horrifying.
We really haven't revisited the underlying assumptions since the'70s, which is a little bit horrifying given how different the way we eat, the price of foods, how families acquire and prepare foods, all of those things have changed so dramatically. So this is way overdue.
I am utterly disgusted by the continuing revelations of Harvey Weinstein's horrifying and unforgivable actions, we need to collectively stand up and support victims of abuse such as the brave and inspiring women who have spoken out against Harvey Weinstein and say we hear you and believe you.
It was horrifying to me that somebody who I knew could do something like that, it opened my eyes to the dangers.
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