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Horrify vs Astonishing - What's the difference?

horrify | astonishing |

As verbs the difference between horrify and astonishing

is that horrify is to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror while astonishing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective astonishing is

causing astonishment in; causing to be astonished.

horrify

English

Verb

  • To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
    • The haunted house was horrifying , from one room to the next I felt more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * horrible * horrid * horrific * horrification * horror * horrendous

    References

    astonishing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing astonishment in; causing to be astonished.

    • Verb

    (head)