horrified
adj.adj. feeling very shocked and scared by something terrible. You feel this way when you see or hear something truly awful.
adj. feeling or showing great shock, fear, or disgust. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'be', 'look', or 'feel'.
She was horrified by the news of the accident.
The witnesses stood in silence, horrified by the sudden collapse of the old bridge during the storm.
The public was deeply horrified by the revelations in the documentary, which exposed the systemic neglect within the city's oldest healthcare facilities.
Often followed by the preposition 'by' or 'at' to indicate the cause of the shock.
I was horrifying by the movie.I was horrified by the movie.Learners often confuse the -ed adjective (describing a feeling) with the -ing adjective (describing the thing that causes the feeling).