Definitions for horrifies

horrifies hor·ri·fy

Spelling: [hawr-uh-fahy, hor-]
IPA: /ˈhɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈhɒr-/

Horrifies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in horrifies (efhiiorrs).

Definitions for horrifies

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to feel horror; strike with horror:
  2. to distress greatly; shock or dismay:

Origin of horrifies

1785-95; Latin horrificāre to cause horror, equivalent to horri- (combining form of horrēre to bristle with fear; see horrendous) + -ficāre -

Examples for horrifies

Understanding is not sanction: these crimes still have the power to anger and horrify.

I do understand you, said Damier, but you horrify me none the less.

Every day, newspapers and television outlets battled to see who could horrify more people with fewer words.

There's a captive audience for TV shows starring people who horrify us with their behavior.

I would if I were you, and quickly, lest you horrify some one else with it.

A frightful accident like this moves, upsets, scares; it does not horrify.

But it cannot surprise anyone at this point that the sorts of things that horrify decent people do not horrify Ron Paul.

This idea—becoming part of the star machine in any way—seems to horrify Friend.

When the whole story comes to be told it will horrify the world.

Because you horrify me—you are not religious, and you work your will by the black art!

Word Value for horrifies
Scrable

16

Words with friends

14

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