"horrorize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: horrorizes [present, singular, third-person], horrorizing [participle, present], horrorized [participle, past], horrorized [past]
Etymology: horror + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|horror|ize}} horror + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} horrorize (third-person singular simple present horrorizes, present participle horrorizing, simple past and past participle horrorized)
  1. (transitive) To fill with horror. Tags: transitive Synonyms: horrify
    Sense id: en-horrorize-en-verb-oz3O6N6w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

Inflected forms

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