Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horrorize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hor-ror-ize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fill with horror.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Ely's method was to enlarge himself by praising up his cousin and to pleasure himself by horrorizing the men with true faithful portrayals of pirates caught and hanged, […]"
"Their ruthless divinities portrayed them as an uncivilized people with extremely low morality by letting these small gods terrorize and horrorize the common people with uncommon sense and vicious brutality."

Etymology

From horror + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: horror

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

horrorizes (present, singular) horrorizing (participle, present) horrorized (participle, past) horrorized (past)

Synonyms

horrify

Questions

What does horrorize mean?: To fill with horror.
Where does horrorize come from?: From horror + -ize.

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