'Horrifying' definitions:

Definition of 'horrifying'

adjective

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" [syn: atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]

Definition of 'Horrifying'

From: GCIDE

Horrify \Hor"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Horrifying.] [L. horrificare. See Horrific.] To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. --E. Irving. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'horrifying'

From: Moby Thesaurus

appalling,
astounding,
atrocious,
awe-inspiring,
awesome,
awful,
baneful,
beastly,
dire,
direful,
dread,
dreaded,
dreadful,
fell,
formidable,
ghastly,
ghoulish,
grim,
grisly,
gruesome,
hideous,
horrendous,
horrible,
horrid,
horrific,
lurid,
macabre,
morbid,
redoubtable,
rotten,
schrecklich,
shocking,
terrible,
terrific,
terrifying,
tragic,
tremendous,
unspeakable

Words containing 'Horrifying'

Horrified,
Horrify,
horrifyingly