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Est. 1828
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'horrifying'
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Words to Describe horrifying

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Things horrifying often describes ("horrifying ________")

  • violence
  • massacre
  • report
  • vision
  • accident
  • conditions
  • sights
  • nightmares
  • spectacle
  • story
  • figure
  • aspects
  • screams
  • realization
  • manner
  • crime
  • tragedy
  • news
  • image
  • conclusion
  • possibility
  • experiences
  • consequences
  • experience
  • acts
  • dreams
  • things
  • war
  • face
  • aspect
  • stories
  • crimes
  • thought
  • ordeal
  • sounds
  • climax
  • results
  • visions
  • sight
  • night
  • death
  • truth
  • description
  • account
  • act
  • moments
  • prospect
  • accounts
  • moment
  • circumstances
  • images
  • nightmare
  • fact
  • situation
  • scene
  • sound
  • memories
  • picture
  • implications
  • incident
  • revelation
  • dream
  • scream
  • tale
  • details
  • memory
  • tales
  • reports
  • scenes
  • events
  • proportions
  • effects
  • example
  • idea
  • statistics
  • speed
  • reality
  • incidents
  • episode
  • clarity
  • effect
  • pictures
  • facts
  • descriptions
  • event
  • thing
  • discovery
  • detail
  • examples

How horrifying often is described ("________ horrifying")

  • sudden
  • substantial
  • most
  • more
  • less
  • little
  • least
  • strange

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  • saddest
  • abominable
  • wavering
  • scary
  • bizarre
  • horrendous
  • disgusting
  • grotesque
  • receding
  • indescribable
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