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horrification

UK/ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/US/ˌhɔɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/

horrification noun: the act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.

Noun

horrification (countable and uncountable, plural horrifications)

  1. The act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.
    • ... horrification may occur at different points in the subject's life. Although it would certainly not be unusual for subjects to undergo violent subjugation and personal horrification on the very same occasion, they probably usually do[…]1992, Lonnie H. Athens, The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 56
  2. That which causes horror.
    • As the old woman and her miserable light went on before us, I could almost have thought of Sir Bertrand, or of some German horrifications […]1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda
  3. The act of making or becoming horrifying.
    • the film industry's relentless horrification of rural culture2024, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Criminological Understandings of Horror Films: Reel Fear, page 15

horrification meaning in Tamil

horrification in Tamil

திகிலூட்டல்

Forms of horrification

pluralhorrifications

Origin of horrification

From horror + -ification, or alternatively horrific + -ation.

Questions about horrification

What does horrification mean?
Horrification means the act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.
What is horrification in Tamil?
Horrification in Tamil is திகிலூட்டல். See Horrification meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is horrification?
Horrification is a noun.
How do you pronounce horrification?
Horrification is pronounced /ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of horrification?
The plural of horrification is horrifications.

Words near horrification in the dictionary

  1. horrific
  2. horrifical
  3. horrificality
  4. horrifically
  5. horrificating
  6. horrification
  7. horrifications
  8. horrificity
  9. horrifick
  10. horrificness
  11. horrified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horrification (page history and authors); horrification (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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