horrification
English
Etymology
horror + -ification, or alternatively horrific + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌhɒɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhɔɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌhɑɹɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌhɔɹɘfɘˈkæeʃɘn/
Noun
horrification (countable and uncountable, plural horrifications)
- That which causes horror.
- 1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda
- As the old woman and her miserable light went on before us, I could almost have thought of Sir Bertrand, or of some German horrifications […]
- 1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda
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