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horrorizing

horrorizing is the present participle and gerund of horrorize.

Meaning of horrorize

Verb

horrorize (third-person singular simple present horrorizes, present participle horrorizing, simple past and past participle horrorized)

  1. (transitive) 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
    Synonyms:
    horrify

Questions about horrorizing

What is horrorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Horrorizing is the present participle and gerund of horrorize.

Words near horrorizing in the dictionary

  1. horrorist
  2. horrorists
  3. horrorize
  4. horrorized
  5. horrorizes
  6. horrorizing
  7. horrorless
  8. horrormeister
  9. horrormeisters
  10. horrormonger
  11. horrormongering

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