Horrifying
Horrifying adjective - Causing fear.
Unfortunate and horrifying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Horrifying".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Of a kind to cause great distress.
Usage example: an unfortunate choice of words that would later prove to be embarrassing for the talk show host
Horrifying and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Horrifying" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and horrifying
- disturbing and unfortunate
- grievous and horrifying
- grievous and unfortunate
- evil and horrifying
- evil and unfortunate
- wretched and horrifying
- wretched and unfortunate
- deplorable and horrifying
- deplorable and unfortunate
- terrible and horrifying
- terrible and unfortunate
- dreadful and horrifying
- dreadful and unfortunate
Both words in one sentence
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New World of Darkness has several extremely horrifying deaths for the very unfortunate humans that run foul of its supernatural denizens.
Source: Cruel and Unusual Death -
Happens in a horrifying manner in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where a horde of carnivorous ants carries an unfortunate Soviet soldier into their nest.
Source: Strong Ants - Comments: Much like Witch Quest, much fun, awesome shenanigans, and horrifying terror awaits as you try to save one of the most unfortunate characters in fiction from a horrible death.
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Unfortunate and Horrifying. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/horrifying/unfortunate
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