| VERB | emotion | horrify, dismay, alarm, appal, appall | fill with apprehension or alarm |
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| Sounds | hhao'rahfay. | |
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| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will horrify him | |
| Synonyms | dismay, alarm, appal, appall | |
| Narrower | shock | strike with horror or terror |
| Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
| Spanish | alarmar, horripilar, horrorizar | |
| Catalan | alarmar, horroritzar | |
| Nouns | horror | intense and profound fear |
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