horrorize

English

Etymology

From horror +‎ -ize.

Verb

horrorize (third-person singular simple present horrorizes, present participle horrorizing, simple past and past participle horrorized)

1. (transitive) To fill with horror.

   Synonym: horrify

   • 1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning Gold, page 108:

     Ely's method was to enlarge himself by praising up his cousin and to pleasure himself by horrorizing the men with true faithful portrayals of pirates caught and hanged, […]

   • 1997, Raji Dabit, War & Peace: Between Israel & Its Neighbors, page 2:

     Their ruthless divinities portrayed them as an uncivilized people with extremely low morality by letting these small gods terrorize and horrorize the common people with uncommon sense and vicious brutality.

Portuguese

Verb

horrorize

1. inflection of horrorizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative