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horrify

 verb
     
hor‧ri‧fy past tense and past participle horrified, present participle horrifying, third person singular horrifies [transitive]
to make someone feel very shocked and upset or afraid:
Henry was horrified by what had happened.
horrified to see/hear/find etc
She was horrified to discover that he loved Rose.
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