Synonyms for horrify

Most common

shock · dismay · frighten · terrify · horrorize

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.

   The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

Forms

Past participle

horrified
e.g. horrified → frightened, terrified, dismayed, shocked…

Example sentences

• shock I expect him to get over the shock of his failure.
• dismay To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination.
• frighten I doubt very seriously that that will frighten Tom.
• terrify The story used to really terrify Michael as a kid.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

shock¹, alarm², daunt¹, appal

6 letters

dismay², appall²

7 letters

terrify³, petrify³

8 letters

frighten², affright

9 letters

horrorize

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alarm² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

horrifier

Español

horrorizar