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Horrified vs Frightening - What's the difference?

horrified | frightening |

As adjectives the difference between horrified and frightening

is that horrified is struck with horror while frightening is causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.

As verbs the difference between horrified and frightening

is that horrified is past tense of horrify while frightening is present participle of lang=en.

horrified

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
    • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)

    • frightening

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
    • The frightening scientist lived in an old shack.
  • (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
    • The scientist was frightening the timid children.