"horrifying" in the verb sense
1. dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
fill with apprehension or alarm cause to be unpleasantly surprised
"I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"
"The news of the executions horrified us"
"horrifying" in the adjective sense
1. atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly
provoking horror
"an atrocious automobile accident"
"a frightful crime of decapitation"
"an alarming, even horrifying, picture"
"war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
"an ugly wound"
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