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horrifying
adjective as in atrocious
adjective as in awesome
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adjective as in awful
adjective as in bloodcurdling
adjective as in frightful/frightening
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- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unnerving
- unspeakable
adjective as in gruesome
adjective as in lurid
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adjective as in monstrous
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adjective as in nightmarish
adjective as in scary
adjective as in sensational
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adjective as in shocking
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adjective as in terrible
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Example Sentences
It is a horrifying account of the power of an abuser in a trusted role and the damage that is done when opportunities to stop them are brushed aside.
Over the past few months the BBC has been exploring a dark, hidden world – a world where the very worst, most horrifying, distressing, and in many cases, illegal online content ends up.
A public inquiry described the scale of the scandal as "horrifying", and accused doctors, the government and NHS of repeatedly failing patients.
Which is astonishing, infuriating, horrifying and queasily understandable.
“It was so horrifying to me that I had to go through that to be a trophy for these idiots in the U.S. attorney's office,” Stewart said in the documentary.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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