horrifying
Definitions
Verb
- Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "horrifying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | housekeeping | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | heartening | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | homecoming | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | hemorrhaging | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | harnessing | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | headlining | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | hardening | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | harmening | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | helbling | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | heralding | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | hitchhiking | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | hobnobbing | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | homemaking | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | houseraising | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | housewarming | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | humbling | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | wholesaling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "horrifying".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | terrifying | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | worrying | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | hurrying | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | modifying | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | horrified | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | purifying | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | notifying | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | rifling | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | horrify | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | glorifying | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | fortifying | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | horrific | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | hoying | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | verifying | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | ratifying | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | codifying | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | recertifying | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | shoring | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | riffing | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | horsing | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "horrifying" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "horrifying" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "horrifying" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "horrifying".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 17
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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