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- adjective Struck with
horror . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
horrify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective stricken with horror
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Examples
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Her expression horrified, she clasped her hand over her mouth and abruptly stood up.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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Her expression horrified, she clasped her hand over her mouth and abruptly stood up.
'I'll Walk Alone' 2011
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Eranikus stared off into space, his expression horrified.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Eranikus stared off into space, his expression horrified.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Eranikus stared off into space, his expression horrified.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Now Merry withdrew her hand, her expression horrified, betrayed; it would have been less shocking, he thought, to tell her his dead mother was in the room with them.
Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
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Now Merry withdrew her hand, her expression horrified, betrayed; it would have been less shocking, he thought, to tell her his dead mother was in the room with them.
Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
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Now Merry withdrew her hand, her expression horrified, betrayed; it would have been less shocking, he thought, to tell her his dead mother was in the room with them.
Some Fun Antonya Nelson 2006
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As a Republican, I remain horrified that this woman's presence in the GOP continues to further poison public opinion against us.
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Marshall Gregory describes how his students ask him, in horrified tones, whether his ideas about ethics and literature mean that he is in favour of censorship.
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