horrificating

horrificating adjective: horrifying.

Adjective

horrificating (comparative more horrificating, superlative most horrificating)

(nonstandard, rare) Horrifying.
- And not just. Jon Pilger did a nentirely^([sic]) horrificating wwp proggy about wot it's like in Iraq these days.2001 January 12, Richard Robinson, “Some replies to "Merry christmas"...”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
- Sure enough, a large and extremely well-favoured Red Devon bull was mooching toward us making that horrificating sound as he came.2002 June 28, Trish Brown, “OT [off-topic]: boring story about Pony Club Jamboree”, in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026

I have however had an horrificating barbecueueue^([sic]) underkill; […]2002 July 8, Andrew Marshall, “I Love Britain!”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026:
It is, however, horrificating the amount of informationary items I still need to go thru.2008 July 3, Bill Garber, “MeToo Children's Program”, in comp.sys.apple2.programmer (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026:

comparative	more horrificating
superlative	most horrificating

Possibly an alteration of horrified by back-formation from horrification.

What does horrificating mean?: Horrificating means horrifying.
How do you use horrificating in a sentence?: I have however had an horrificating barbecueueue^([sic]) underkill; […]
What part of speech is horrificating?: Horrificating is an adjective.

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