horrified

«horrified» in Mova's school dictionary: Very shocked, upset and frightened by something terrible — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Very shocked, upset and frightened by something terrible. tree →

2) (informal) Very surprised and disapproving, often in a funny way: Mum was horrified by my messy room. tree →

sense 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 →
• We watched in horrified silence. tree →
• Mum was horrified by the state of my bedroom. tree →
• The villagers were horrified when the dragon appeared. tree →
• He gave a horrified gasp. tree →
• People around the world were horrified by the news of the earthquake. tree →
• There Prince Majnun told everything to his father, who was horrified and angry. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «horrified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.