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HORRIFIES Synonyms

25 synonyms for horrifies. (exact relations)
4 hypernyms for horrifies. (close relations)

Best Synonyms for HORRIFIES

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agitates

verb

v

verb

• try to stir up public opinion

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• move very slightly

• move or cause to move back and forth

• change the arrangement or position of

alarms

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

verb

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

appalls

verb

v

verb

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

awes

noun

• an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

verb

• inspire awe in

chills

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• coldness due to a cold environment

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

• a sudden numbing dread

verb

• depress or discourage

• make cool or cooler

• loose heat

daunts

verb

v

verb

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

disconcerts

verb

v

verb

• cause to feel embarrassment

• cause to lose one's composure

dismays

verb

v

noun

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

verb

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

disquiets

verb

v

noun

• a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments

• the trait of seeming ill at ease

verb

• disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed

frightens

verb

v

verb

• cause fear in

intimidates

verb

v

verb

• make timid or fearful

• to compel or deter by or as if by threats

panics

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

verb

• be overcome by a sudden fear

• cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic

petrifies

verb, adverb

v, adv

verb

• cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright

• change into stone

• make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

repels

verb

v

verb

• cause to move back by force or influence

• be repellent to; cause aversion in

• force or drive back

• reject outright and bluntly

• fill with distaste

revolts

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

verb

• make revolution

• fill with distaste

• cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of

scares

verb

v

noun

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

verb

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

shocks

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

verb

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

startles

verb

v

noun

• a sudden involuntary movement

verb

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

terrifies

verb

v

verb

• fill with terror; frighten greatly

unnerves

verb

v

verb

• disturb the composure of

Best Hypernyms For HORRIFIES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for horrifies, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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