Horrified
Horrified adjective - Filled with fear or dread.
Scare and horrified are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scare" instead a verb "Horrified".
Nearby Words: horrifying, horrify
Both words in one sentence
- The blokes, horrified, drop their masks and run away, leaving the girl weeping — by their scare they reminded her of her own face.
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Angie and Hob are also horrified when he starts cutting; Cain had told Angie the whole thing was a stunt to scare Duffy and the doctor wasn't going to actually hurt him.
Source: Film / RoboCop 2 -
Getting Crap Past the Radar: "Eeny meeny slimy guts, catch a monster by the..." Also the allusion in a reference to "scare-us interruptus." In "Monsters, Get Real" when they're trying to get the Scare Manual back, a kid thinks Krumm is a wind up doll and sticks the key up a horrified Krumm's butt.
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