horrify
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More than four decades after it first crept onto movie screens, “Alien” remains one of the scariest films ever made, with scenes that continue to horrify and shock even after repeated viewings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
But it is just this demand—- the requirement that citizens find ways to navigate a social world which will, necessarily, often baffle and horrify them—- that liberal societies must impose.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2023
But just as his irreverent novels dismay some adults, the tadpoles produce comics — all acted out hilariously onstage — that horrify their adoptive father.
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
It seems more likely that he will soon be appearing in court as a witness, which would probably horrify the palace.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
This table is sure to horrify any knowledgeable scholar, because it reduces exceedingly complex histories to a few seemingly precise dates.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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