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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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#20769worthless
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#30875monstrous
#30945wretched
#36370gruesome
#38864horrendous
#38945unworthy
#39885horrifying
#40529grievous
#45237unspeakable
#45529heinous
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#47706despicable
#48820slimy
#50274atrocious
#51404abominable
#54515frightful

How to use horrifying in a sentence?

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    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 ?

  2. Kathy Hempstead:

    If you are a freelancer facing the pure retail cost of healthcare, then it is horrifying.

  3. Elaine Waxman:

    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.

  4. Benedict Cumberbatch:

    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.

  5. Martina Leinz:

    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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