Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horrifying

/ˈhɔːɹɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: hor-ri-fy-ing
IPA: /ˈhɔːɹɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of horrify

adj

Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

Example Sentences

"Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent."

Inflected Forms

more horrifying (comparative) most horrifying (superlative)

Derived Forms

horrifyingly unhorrifying

Synonyms

affreux alarming spine-tingling appalling awful eldritch buggish butt-clenching buttock-clenching dismayful dreadful fearful

Rhymes With

glorifying

Questions

How do you pronounce horrifying?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɔːɹɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/.
What does horrifying mean?: present participle and gerund of horrify

How to pronounce horrifying

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