horrorize
horrorize verb: to fill with horror.
Verb
horrorize (third-person singular simple present horrorizes, present participle horrorizing, simple past and past participle horrorized)
- To fill with horror.
- 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, […]1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning Gold, page 108
- 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.1997, Raji Dabit, War & Peace: Between Israel & Its Neighbors, page 2
- Synonyms:
- horrify
Synonyms of horrorize
Forms of horrorize
| third-person singular present | horrorizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | horrorizing |
| past participle | horrorized |
| past | horrorized |
Origin of horrorize
From horror + -ize.
Questions about horrorize
- What does horrorize mean?
- Horrorize means to fill with horror.
- What part of speech is horrorize?
- Horrorize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of horrorize?
- The past tense of horrorize is horrorized.
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