Horrify: alternatives and connections

To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

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To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.

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A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.

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A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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To make pale; to blanch.

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To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.