Afraid vs Horrify - What's the difference?
afraid | horrify |
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
(colloquial) regretful, sorry
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
As an adjective afraid
is impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.As a verb horrify is
to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.afraid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He is afraid of death.
- He is afraid to die.
- He is afraid that he will die.
- I am afraid I can not help you in this matter .
Usage notes
* (term) expresses a lesser degree of fear than (terrified) or (frightened). It is often followed by the preposition (term) and the object of fear, or by an infinitive, or by a dependent clause, as shown in the examples above.Synonyms
* (Impressed with fear or apprehension) afeared, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, fearful, timid, timorous * (Regretful) sorry * See alsoDerived terms
* 'fraid * afraidness * I'm afraid not * I'm afraid so * unafraidSee also
* fearStatistics
* 1000 English basic words ----horrify
English
Verb
- The haunted house was horrifying , from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.
