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Horrify vs Frightened - What's the difference?

horrify | frightened |

As verbs the difference between horrify and frightened

is that horrify is to cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror while frightened is (frighten).

As an adjective frightened is

afraid; suffering from fear.

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.

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    Related terms

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

    References

    frightened

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Afraid; suffering from fear.
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    • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (frighten)