horrifying

Thân thiện

A child finds a horrifying mask in the old costume trunk.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing extreme fear, shock, or disgust: "Horrifying" describes something that provokes a powerful feeling of horror, terror, or profound dismay due to its shocking, dreadful, or appalling nature.

Usage

• The adjective "horrifying" is used to describe events, scenes, images, stories, or facts that are deeply disturbing and cause intense emotional distress. It emphasizes the effect on the observer.
• It is often used in formal or journalistic contexts to describe atrocities, accidents, or revelations of great cruelty or suffering.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The documentary showed the horrifying conditions in the factory.
  • Witnesses gave a horrifying account of the attack.
  • It is horrifying to think such crimes could go unpunished.

Advanced Usage

• "find something horrifying": To react to something with horror.
  • I find his complete lack of empathy utterly horrifying.
• "the horrifying truth/realization": Used to describe a shocking fact or understanding.
  • The investigation led to the horrifying realization that the disease was man-made.

Variants and Related Words

• Horrify (verb): To fill with horror; to shock or dismay greatly.
  • The news of the tragedy horrified the nation.
• Horrific (adjective): Causing horror; extremely shocking or dreadful. (Often similar in meaning to "horrifying," but can sometimes be used more broadly for things that are very bad or unpleasant.)
  • The battle was a horrific scene.
• Horror (noun): An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
  • She watched in horror as the car skidded off the road.

Synonyms

• Appalling: Shocking and causing dismay.
• Atrocious: Extremely wicked, brutal, or cruel.
• Frightful: Very frightening or shocking.
• Ghastly: Causing great horror or fear; frightful.
• Gruesome: Causing repulsion or horror; grisly.
• Shocking: Causing a sudden sense of surprise and dismay.

Antonyms

• Comforting: Serving to alleviate a person's feelings of grief or distress.
• Delightful: Causing delight; charming.
• Pleasant: Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment.
• Reassuring: Serving or intended to remove someone's doubts or fears.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Beyond words: So shocking or terrible it is difficult to describe. (As seen in the reference: "war is beyond all words horrible.")
  • The devastation was horrifying, beyond words.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• atrocious
• frightful
• horrible
• ugly