verb · neutral
horrify
UK/ˈhɒrɪfaɪ/US/ˈhɔːrɪfaɪ/HOR·ri·fy
Band 6-7task2speaking
to cause someone to feel shock and disgust; to horrify
Examples
“The violent images in the documentary horrified viewers.”
“It horrifies me that so many people are homeless in a wealthy country.”
“The account of the abuse horrified the committee members.”
Band 8 sentence
“The committee was horrified by the catalogue of abuses revealed in the inquiry.”
Collocations
- horrified at/by
- horrifying scene
Word family
horrify verbhorrified adjectivehorrifying adjective
Common mistakes
it horrifies me that + Ving→it horrifies me that + clause
horrified to→horrified at/by
Say it for a higher band
5shock→6frighten→7+horrify
Synonyms
shock
Easily confused
terrify
“The sound of the explosion terrified the villagers.”
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