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# horrified

adjective (horrified); verb form, past of horrify (horrify, horrifies, horrified, horrifying)

«horrified» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very shocked, upset and frightened by something terrible. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#m1)
2. (informal) Very surprised and disapproving, often in a funny way: Mum was horrified by my messy room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories «horrified» shows strong feelings of shock and fear when a character sees something terrible. In everyday life it is used jokingly for small shocks. In writing lessons it is a stronger choice than «shocked» or «scared». Phrases: horrified by, horrified at, a horrified look.

### Examples

- She was horrified to see the dog run into the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x1)
- We watched in horrified silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x2)
- Mum was horrified by the state of my bedroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x3)
- The villagers were horrified when the dragon appeared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x4)
- He gave a horrified gasp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x5)
- People around the world were horrified by the news of the earthquake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x6)
- There Prince Majnun told everything to his father, who was horrified and angry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/#x7)

### Note

Past of «horrify» (y → i + ed). «Horrified» describes how a person feels; «horrifying» describes the thing that causes it: «a horrifying scene made me horrified». Similar: appalled, shocked, terrified.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «horrified» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horrified/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horrified» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horrified.html) on Mova free.