Definition of HORRIFYING

horrifying

Verb

  • fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
  • present participle and gerund of horrify

Adjective Satellite

  • provoking horror; ; ; ; - Winston Churchill
    • "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"

Adj

  • Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

Synonyms

alarm, appal, appall, atrocious, dismay, frightful, horrible, horrify, ugly, affreux, alarming, appalling, awful, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, pulse-pounding, scaring, scary, shocking, skin-crawling, terrible, terrifying, terrorsome

Scrabble Score: 20

horrifying: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
horrifying: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
horrifying: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

horrifying: valid Words With Friends Word